Clutch slipping.. Grrrrr!!

[solarman216]

hi lads .....where are SWIFTY + RICK in england ?:nenau

i might bring my motor down for a new clutch :augie

I am he, and hail from Bexhill south coast, bit far for you me thinks, Rick

 

[SPARKIEDOO]

it is a long way .....but i could make a day of it ......ICE CREAM & A SWIM IN THE SEA :augie

 

[DEE]

Had this little prob with my clutch it was the pipe on the slave cylinder It was buggerd Change it SORTED :clap Worth a check ?

 

[danielj]

Had this little prob with my clutch it was the pipe on the slave cylinder It was buggerd Change it SORTED :clap Worth a check ?

Same here. Seems to be a common problem. Although it never led to clutch slipping in mine only problems getting into gear. What about clutch cable? Sure it's ok as bad cable could give clutch slip. Also what about play on the pedal, wrong adjustment could lead to slipping although that would probably mean clutch is going anyway.

 

[DEE]

Same here. Seems to be a common problem. Although it never led to clutch slipping in mine only problems getting into gear. What about clutch cable? Sure it's ok as bad cable could give clutch slip. Also what about play on the pedal, wrong adjustment could lead to slipping although that would probably mean clutch is going anyway.

Cable

 

[danielj]

Cable

Was thinking of another jap 4x4 that I was having problems with clutch slipping and adjustment of the cable helped. Assumed was a cable on Terrano :doh and thankfully never had reason to give too much look at how it's linked up to the pedal. Will have a crawl underneath tomorrow and educate myself.

 

[glanrichbex]

And if you're going to have all that out, you may as well do the spigot and release bearings too. On mine part of the fork broke off and dinked around in the bell housing for a few months. The clutch still worked fine, the reason I had to change the clutch was that the gear box input bearings failed due to ( oh I wish I could prove this ) ... a garage changing my gear box oil and using GL5.

Recon box fitted and old clutch had more meat on it than a tesco burger.

 

[solarman216]

GL5 will not cause a bearing to fail, a ball/roller race is not fussy on oil, it is the syncro cones/brakes that do not like 5, Rick

 

[glanrichbex]

GL5 will not cause a bearing to fail, a ball/roller race is not fussy on oil, it is the syncro cones/brakes that do not like 5, Rick

True -

The guy at David Beaumont 4X4 told me that these bits that degenerate as a result of the GL5 usually find their way into the bearings and wreck them.

I can find symbols like and :doh but just thinking about this very sorry expensive episode in my life I need the symbol for falling to my knees and crying

 

[solarman216]

True -

The guy at David Beaumont 4X4 told me that these bits that degenerate as a result of the GL5 usually find their way into the bearings and wreck them.

I can find symbols like and :doh but just thinking about this very sorry expensive episode in my life I need the symbol for falling to my knees and crying

think you have been fed fairy stories, the dissolved bronze/brass that results from GL5 cannot possibly affect your hardened steel roller/ball races in fact it is a bonus as it will improve the lubricant for these and the gears, the only down side is poor syncro mesh, Rick

 

[glanrichbex]

think you have been fed fairy stories, the dissolved bronze/brass that results from GL5 cannot possibly affect your hardened steel roller/ball races in fact it is a bonus as it will improve the lubricant for these and the gears, the only down side is poor syncro mesh, Rick

From what I remember, over time it became difficult to get into 3rd gear and progressively over time a whiring noise in neutral became louder and louder. Apparently part of the syncro had broken up and these bits were migrating round in the gearbox. The oil had lots of swarf in it and I was told that the GL5 will disolve the bronze components which eventually break up in large pieces.

All I know now is to never use GL5 in my terrano gearbox :doh

 

[solarman216]

From what I remember, over time it became difficult to get into 3rd gear and progressively over time a whiring noise in neutral became louder and louder. Apparently part of the syncro had broken up and these bits were migrating round in the gearbox. The oil had lots of swarf in it and I was told that the GL5 will disolve the bronze components which eventually break up in large pieces.

All I know now is to never use GL5 in my terrano gearbox :doh

just possible, perhaps, if the bronze breaks up, but in my view unlikely, it probably broke up for other reasons, the dissolving of the bronze is to molecular level and to my mind will not cause the ring to break up, but just gradually dissolve to the point it will not do its job any more, ie break the gear it is on to the same speed so allowing the gear to engage, Rick

 

[glanrichbex]

The problem is that the garage does the work and because you havn't had a chance to see it for yourself ...... you never really know what happened :nenau

 

[solarman216]

The problem is that the garage does the work and because you havn't had a chance to see it for yourself ...... you never really know what happened :nenau

that is why I do not use garages, Rick