andrew welsh1958 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 my clutch pedal has about 3inches play before any pressure, i have had it bled?, i have had it pressure bled,but cant get any gears when engine running, switch off engine, put in gear and drive away but gears still difficult to get, been told its the slave cylender in the gear box,been told its the master cylander, dont know where or what to do, anybody had this problem,if so what did you do to fix,any help would be greatly apprecated, thanks for reading. please excuse my spelling Quote
stevie m Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) If it's your concentric slave cylinder they are Edited January 3, 2008 by stevie m Quote
Neils TDi again Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 If you lift the pedal with your foot do you get a full travel with pressure or is the first few inches with no pressure. If it is with full pressure and is always with pressure then the fault is the master cylinder if there is none or very little pressure and the pedal dosent return on its own its very likely the slave cylinder and the concentric one is very vunerable to this failure, also very vunerable to dirty fluid so regular changes would reduce the level of failure. Good luck with the change as it means the gearbox has to be removed as the concentric cylinder sits on the input shaft to the gearbox and this means the gearbox has to be removed to replace the cylinder. Quote
davewill Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 Yup, agree with both the above posts My 2002 Gal Tdi with 80,000 miles developed exactly the same fault Couldn't get any gears, unless i forced clutch pedal up with my left foot Took it to the local Fraud dealers who told me the gearbox rods needed replacing :D Did those and charged me Quote
andrew welsh1958 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Report Posted January 3, 2008 Yup, agree with both the above posts My 2002 Gal Tdi with 80,000 miles developed exactly the same fault Couldn't get any gears, unless i forced clutch pedal up with my left foot Took it to the local Fraud dealers who told me the gearbox rods needed replacing :D Did those and charged me Quote
davewill Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 Andrew It still sounds as if the master or slave cylinder are knack'd It's either a big DIY job, or get it to a garage for them to assess and then barter the price as best you can Regards Quote
Beyond Help? Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 (edited) It could also be the fork that holds the release bearing has bent out a bit, very rare but it does happen and the symptoms are exactly as described above, no resistance on the pedal for a bit. Clamp the clutch flexible pipe off and see what the pedal does, if it is solid it is the gearbox end of the system and and it will have to come off. If the box does have to come off consider having the clutch, slave and clutch release bearing all changed anyway as the bulk of the cost is removing the gearbox. Edited January 4, 2008 by Beyond Help? Quote
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