i have a series 3 109 with a nissan sd33 engine and box that i bought recently. the clutch has started acting up over the past while, changed the master cylinder, cos it looked a bit past it anyway, and just changed the piston seal on the slave cos they're hard to find!
anyway, problem still remains, if i start up in gear it'll go in and out of gear fine and drive fine (for a while anway) but if i start up in neutral usually the clutch drags badly and won't go into gear. im confident its not a hydraulic problem as it can go from working to not working to working again without so much as looking at the hydraulics, even if it's been sitting up for a week. i presume if it was a hydraulic problem it'd stay not working.
sometimes sitting in traffic, in gear with the clutch to the floor, the clutch will randomly start chattering and dragging too.
fairly certain its the pilot bearing/bushing or a problem with the fork or pivot ball, just thought i'd throw this out there and get a few opinions
if anyone can think of anything i could try that does not require removing the engine/gearbox i'd love to hear it!
anyway, problem still remains, if i start up in gear it'll go in and out of gear fine and drive fine (for a while anway) but if i start up in neutral usually the clutch drags badly and won't go into gear. im confident its not a hydraulic problem as it can go from working to not working to working again without so much as looking at the hydraulics, even if it's been sitting up for a week. i presume if it was a hydraulic problem it'd stay not working.
sometimes sitting in traffic, in gear with the clutch to the floor, the clutch will randomly start chattering and dragging too.
fairly certain its the pilot bearing/bushing or a problem with the fork or pivot ball, just thought i'd throw this out there and get a few opinions
if anyone can think of anything i could try that does not require removing the engine/gearbox i'd love to hear it!