Technical 2 Clutch cables in 3 months... WTF?

[richydraper]

as the title says what the funk is goin on...?
replaced the cable in Dec iirc might have been late Nov and now shes gone again. was from a motor factors but i wouldnt have thought the quality would have been that inferior...

would some one please explain to me what usually causes them to go this quickly!

 

[arc]

clutch is goosed, or very bad adjustment on the cable so pressing the pedal to floor is stretching cable beyond what its meant to be

 

[richydraper]

i thought she was smelling a little "warm" just before it shat the cable

 

[rallycinq]

Yup, time for a new clutch.

Cheers

SPD

 

[richydraper]

ebay here i come... thanks guys

 

[rallycinq]

ebay here i come... thanks guys

Ebay is not the deafult setting, check your local factors.

Cheers

SPD

 

[richydraper]

yeah but at the moment motor factors aint open but ill be running round tomorrow morning asking for prices... sometimes ebay turns up trumps sometimes it doesnt always worth a look.

 

[rallycinq]

yeah but at the moment motor factors aint open but ill be running round tomorrow morning asking for prices... sometimes ebay turns up trumps sometimes it doesnt always worth a look.

Spot on, there are some folk who regard Ebay as the only place to buy stuff these days.

Cheers

SPD

 

[levemircento]

was your clutch hard to press down when the cables were ok? when it is pressed down does the clutch make any noise?

 

[richydraper]

rallycinq buddy... you should know me better than to rely on ebay u seem to forget im a spanner monkey by trade!

levemir... yeah the cable is VERY SLIGHTLY scratchy when depressed and the release bearing sounds dry... you can hear a sort of sandy noise when in neutral and when the clutch is depressed it goes away.

all things considered im not too heart broken i knew she was on her way out sometime soon.... should be a nice little car when im finished... that or i bought a nail!bought a nail!

 

[Pep0]

I'd avoid the Fiat origonal clutch parts, they can fail badly.

Noel

 

[richydraper]

oh really... please do elaborate...!!

 

[arc]

I'd avoid the Fiat origonal clutch parts, they can fail badly.

Noel

first i've heard on that, i would sooner fit a valeo part than a EBC / etc etc 'uprated' (read double the price) clutch

 

[Brooky]

first i've heard on that, i would sooner fit a valeo part than a EBC / etc etc 'uprated' (read double the price) clutch

:yeahthat:

I bought a valeo clutch and used the same plate in two different cinq, both get alot of abuse and im having no problems what so ever with it

 

[mrcinquecento]

I'd avoid the Fiat origonal clutch parts, they can fail badly.

Noel

nonsense!

any part can fail badly. you do get the very occasional faulty part on any machine and by any manufacturer, however its extremley rare!

The standard parts are probably as good (if not better in a few cases) than many, much more expensive, uprated parts.

 

[RobW]

it's not nonsense, they are sometimes 'recycled' from exchange units

 

[richydraper]

yes mate thats true! after theyve been melted down and re-cast i dont know a manufacturer in their right mind who would "re-use" an exchange or for that matter a warranty part.

 

[Pep0]

nonsense!

any part can fail badly. you do get the very occasional faulty part on any machine and by any manufacturer, however its extremley rare!

The standard parts are probably as good (if not better in a few cases) than many, much more expensive, uprated parts.

Well my release bearing managed to get stuck in the fingers of the diaphram clutch, stalled the engine, some of the cheapo nasty 3rd party clutches seem engineered better, in this aspect, but please ignore me see if care...

Noel

 

[mrcinquecento]

and FROM MY EXPERIENCE some of these better designed cheapo nasty clutches plates wear out at a frightening rate!!, some are better, some are worse, the original is no better than a cheapo, no worse either, but probably more consistent in their quality

that be my point , everyones allowed their views

 

[arc]

well my clutch is a valeo part, fitted when i fitted the 1242 bottom end around 4 years (30k) ago, it's had a ~75bhp engine setup and then a ~85bhp setup, and had some stick - and when i took the engine out, the clutch looked fine. it only got binned because i've got a 1368cc 16v with a bigger clutch now