Mercury333
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Hi all I’ve just purchased a beautiful defender 90 2012 year however the clutch is very stiff !! Is this usual ??
Thank youTdci clutch pedal is probably one of the lightest of the defender clutches. But it is still heavy compared to any modern car. You will get used to it. And hate it if you do any stop-start city driving.
Yes I think it is the original clutchClutches tend to get harder as they age, its just that land rover ones are to hard to start with!
Being 2012 it might still have the original clutch fitted?
It’s done 80,000 milesHow many miles has the Defender done?
Than youDepending on the spring configuration they are very highly spring if using the single coil spring from pedal to bulkhead. You can fit a different spring which reduces this tension depending on what you have currently
Thank you I will look into itClutches get stiffer as they age - at least partly due to the clutch fork getting worn... it's "normal" ... Possibly due a change anyway ....
LR clutches are very heavy from new IMO.
I servo'd the clutch on SWMBO's D1:-
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/servo-assisting-the-clutch-300tdi-r380.301335/
I had previously emailed red booster to ask if their ( very expensive kit ) would fit - they didn't even reply ... so, IMHO, forget them. IIRC it cost me less than a quarter of their price
It’s done 80,000 miles
Regards
Piccy in the attachment. I think this is the "easy" type spring which is fitted.Didn't the TDCi Defender have the clutch pedal assist spring fitted as standard?
l know it was fitted as standard to TDi versions, it was just the TD5 that had a ruddy great coil spring on the pedal.
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