Mi16 Clutch Problem

[d-9 0]

Ive just put the mi back in and the clutch felt really wierd, like you were pushing against a spring not against a clutch, and there was no biting point, felt totally different to the other car i have with an mi16 box. So ive dropped the box off and had a look, does this look wrong? Have I done something daft like put the clutch in the wrong way round?

 

[mickie 3]

are the end of the splines alright ? the clutch plate only goes one way round so it shouldnt be that.. what condition is the clutch plate ? and the flywheel in ?

Edited August 25, 2006 by mickie

[jerseypug 1]

are you using the old type clutch lever arm? mine was horrible untill i changed it to the long lever arm and different pedal

[d-9 0]

Its a mi16 box with the be3 clutch arm, its not just the nasty feel (thou that was the giveaway something was wrong) its the way it isnt disengaging, so if i stand on the pedal and try and get a gear it just crunches.

 

Clutch and flywheel are both in fairly good condition, they were on the engine and working fine, then i took them off to fit the engine to the stand and its since ive put them back on that its been wierd and not worked. The only thing Ive changed is the box, which has gone from 1.9 be1 to mi16 be3, but i used a be3 release bearing so i assumed it'd be ok.

 

I was kind expecting the prongy spring bits on the clutch cover to stick out more than they do?

[mbayley77 0]

Is that a push clutch or a pull. Cos to me the prongs look like the style of a pull!

[sonofsam 5]

I think youd be able to tell if it was a pull type clutch as they

have the release bearing as part of the assy.Did on the turbo clutch anyway.

 

Those prongs do look a little saggy to me and the cover plate looks big

compared to my valeo one aswell.

[jerseypug 1]

have you checked with a torch through the lever arm hole that the release bearing has not un cliped from the arm?

[d-9 0]

yeh realease bearing was still attached fine when i pulled the box off.

[d-9 0]

the clutch plate only goes one way round so it shouldnt be that.. what condition is the clutch plate?

 

It turns out, it IS possible to put the clutch in the wrong way round! Im about to reassemble it and see if that sorts the problem

[Sandy 191]

I did that on a friends Renault 5 many years ago and I was back at college when the air turned blue! Poor bugger had to correct my mistake himself.

[Anthony 1,003]

The only thing Ive changed is the box, which has gone from 1.9 be1 to mi16 be3, but i used a be3 release bearing so i assumed it'd be ok.

I assume that you've used a BE3 clutch pedal and cable as well?

[PumaRacing 2]

The release fingers should be sticking out not in. Friction disk is either the wrong one or the wrong way round or there's something wrong with the pressure plate.