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Steve Ashworth

Active Member

• Apr 20, 2013

• #1

Hi,
The clutch on my Series 2a is very heavy. It works but is very hard to press pedal. If you have to hold pedal down your leg aches real quick. It makes it a tough drive...
Any ideas ...
Cheers

 

The Mad Hat Man

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Apr 20, 2013

• #2

Put in a servo. Common mod. A small remote brake servo will do.

 

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Steve Ashworth

Active Member

• Apr 20, 2013

• #3

Interesting.
Does this mean that a really heavy clutch is normal..

 

The Mad Hat Man

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Apr 20, 2013

• #4

Well........
Yu are driving a tratta, not a Clio .

 

Freelaner

Landy Driver

• Apr 20, 2013

• #5

Steve Ashworth said:

Interesting.
Does this mean that a really heavy clutch is normal..

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It is on a tratter

 

The Mad Hat Man

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Apr 20, 2013

• #6

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Steve Ashworth

Active Member

• Apr 20, 2013

• #7

I grew up driving tractors, n I'm talking old tractors, long before I could drive cars but none had a clutch this heavy...

 

freelance

Well-Known Member

• Apr 21, 2013

• #8

so are the pivots seizing up?

 

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Steve Ashworth

Active Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #9

If you mean on the pedal, no it's not.

 

oxides

Well-Known Member

• May 2, 2013

• #10

Hmm, the 2a box has a horribly complex clutch release mechanism in the bellhousing - could this be a bit sticky? I assume the pivoting bits need greasing once in a while.

 

mrchurchill109

Active Member

• Jun 5, 2013

• #11

OK - one easy way to check the mechanism is to open the bleed screw on the slave cylinder and give it a press. if the pedal goes down like nothing then the issue is not in the master or the tubing. If not, I would think that you need to check the pedal pivots, and try opening the hydraulic line before the flex.

I've seen flex hoses swell internally and go bad - dramatically restricting fluid flow.

You could have a pivot issue down at the slave cylinder, but as most of that mechanism runs internal to the transmission in an oil bath (barring the bbellcrank and shaft on the outside) I am not leaning toward that being an issue. One thing to check there however is the external support bushing for the bellcrank - ifthat's seized then it can make things difficult.

 

urena

Well-Known Member

• Aug 25, 2013

• #12

same as