Hi all, relates to 2007 Panda 1.1 Active
The clutch pedal on the Panda has started to become very notchy when coming up. Sometimes it sticks down fully momentarily. Not like when the slave cylinder expired though. The master and slave cylinders have been replaced in the last 5,000 miles and have been working well. No loss of clutch fluid.
I squirted a load of PTFE oil spray around the pedals, spring, piston etc and a squeak that was present has gone. With the engine off the pedal works beautifully and smoothly. But with the engine running it becomes notchy. The odd thing is that it went from being very notchy to perfectly smooth, even with the engine running, after a 30 mile hard drive. I was late for an appointment (my Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross broke down on me) so gave the Panda plenty of revs.
Now a couple of weeks later the notchiness is coming back.
Im thinking that it must be something at the slave cylinder/gearbox end to change after the hard driving? Any thoughts please?. Lubricating the slave cylinder is maybe a good place to start? But as I said, its pretty new and would the hard driving improve it? And would it be smooth without the engine running?
Thanks as always.
Just to add, I learned a couple of lessons which may be helpful to others when changing the rusted away exhaust to gearbox clamp.
I don't have a large bench vice so pondered on how to get the clamp far enough apart to go over the exhaust. I ended up getting something described as a "HiPicco M8x200mm Fully Threaded Rod and stud" off Amazon and used it to wind the clamp open and then used it again to wind the clamp shut over the exhaust. Worked well.
My other learning point was that the slot in the new clamp needed elongating significantly towards the middle of the clamp. Maybe half its existing length again. Having read previous posts about fitting one I had elongated it before fitting it but not nearly enough. No fun at all elongating it further whilst lying under the car.
The clutch pedal on the Panda has started to become very notchy when coming up. Sometimes it sticks down fully momentarily. Not like when the slave cylinder expired though. The master and slave cylinders have been replaced in the last 5,000 miles and have been working well. No loss of clutch fluid.
I squirted a load of PTFE oil spray around the pedals, spring, piston etc and a squeak that was present has gone. With the engine off the pedal works beautifully and smoothly. But with the engine running it becomes notchy. The odd thing is that it went from being very notchy to perfectly smooth, even with the engine running, after a 30 mile hard drive. I was late for an appointment (my Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross broke down on me) so gave the Panda plenty of revs.
Now a couple of weeks later the notchiness is coming back.
Im thinking that it must be something at the slave cylinder/gearbox end to change after the hard driving? Any thoughts please?. Lubricating the slave cylinder is maybe a good place to start? But as I said, its pretty new and would the hard driving improve it? And would it be smooth without the engine running?
Thanks as always.
Just to add, I learned a couple of lessons which may be helpful to others when changing the rusted away exhaust to gearbox clamp.
I don't have a large bench vice so pondered on how to get the clamp far enough apart to go over the exhaust. I ended up getting something described as a "HiPicco M8x200mm Fully Threaded Rod and stud" off Amazon and used it to wind the clamp open and then used it again to wind the clamp shut over the exhaust. Worked well.
My other learning point was that the slot in the new clamp needed elongating significantly towards the middle of the clamp. Maybe half its existing length again. Having read previous posts about fitting one I had elongated it before fitting it but not nearly enough. No fun at all elongating it further whilst lying under the car.
