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After 5years of sitting around in SE QLD sun, it seems that the Gs clutch plate may have fused onto the pressure plate or input shaft.
Think this is why the clutch return's so slow and why it won't go into gear when I finally got it started, but will go into gear without the engine running with a bit of force.
More investigation to come.
Is there a way to seperate them whilst installed, or is it time for the gearbox to come out etc.
Hoping it can happen on the car as I've never pulled a box out before.
Fingers crossed.
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this worked for me. put the car into 3rd gear with the motor off, then start the motor with your foot on the clutch. turn motor off & restart until you feel the clutch release, took me about 3 goes.
hope this helps.
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Thanks for that.
Ill give it a try today.
So you never take your foot off the clutch??
Revs just above idle??
And I assume the car keeps trying to move forward??
Do you stop it on the brakes, or let it go?
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yes keep your foot on the clutch.put it in top gear, all your doing is turning the ignition on & off,just basically flick the ignition to start & let go of the key. you can keep one foot on the brakes as well, have handbrake on. sorry if my description is a bit sketchy but it`s been a while since i`ve done it cheers jayson Edited by user Thursday, 22 October 2009 12:49:27 AM(UTC)
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Thanks Jason
Didnt make it right, but eased it a bit.
May be just adjustment.
Ill take the dust cover off and see what I can see.
It seems to be hitting the dust cover anyway.
Stay tuned.
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The saga continues....
So Ive got the car home.
Ive taken off the dust cover to find a brand new looking yellow painted clutch.
Flywheel that I can see is lightly coated with rust.
Taught the kids to push in a clutch pedal and watched from underneath.
The slave cylinder seems put the fork through its full travel.
The clutch friction material seems to be in 2 layers, each about 3-4mm thick.
When the clutch operates, the 2 layers seem to seperate about 2-3mm and I can see some really thin flat metal plates connecting the two plates which bend banana shape.
So it seems to me I have some kind of twin plate clutch, the front of which is fused to the flywheel?? But I dont know anything about it really.
I started the car in gear on the stands with the clutch in. The wheels rotate and I stamped on the brakes hard about 10 times. Couple of stalls, couple of reasonably loud bangs but no change. Scared myself to death.
Any further ideas?
In the building idustry, wed just get a couple of big screwdrivers and lever it off, but I know thats probably not the go.
Help please....
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So thinking out loud here.
What damage would I cause if I get someone to hold in the clutch and drive a metal wedge in from either side (simultaneously??) to try and prize the clutch plate off the flywheel (Maybe a pair of wide chisels, with the flats against the flywheel???)
Sorry - just trying to avoid pulling the box out.
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two layers of friction material with a thin plate in between sounds to me like a pretty normal clutch plate.
I would think the best way to cure this would be a box removal but next best would be to drive it a bit, slipping the clutch to polish the surfaces, but not overheating it.
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