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MG MGF Technical - Clutch too heavy
| The daughter is complaining that the clutch pedal is too heavy, is there any way of reducing the forse needed, I've suggested weight training but she doesn't fancy that, might break a nail. John |
| John |
| er, get your own car perhaps? |
| Patrick Beet |
| John Exactly, if you don't like it, don't drive it. Simple. :o) DJ |
| DJ |
| Steptronic! |
| Ted Newman |
| Ted can be relied on to lower the tone! :o) :o) ;o) |
| JohnP |
| John Actually that was a serious reply! Due to an old spinal injury I am now having problems with my left foot starting to ache (to be precise - extreme pain) on a long journey with a lot of gear changing clutch use and the Steptronic could enable me to get round this and still be an MGF/TF driver. Ted |
| Ted Newman |
| Ted I have not ruled out a Steptronic as both knees will give out in not many years. I originally stopped driving the B because I couldn't get down into the seat when it was in a lockup. Less of a problem with the F as it lives out of doors. Why no full power version of the Steptronic? Many of you have been around the F a lot longer than me and may have heard a reason from MGR. |
| JohnP |
| John I understand that it is because the Steptronic uses a very basic CVT system that will not cope with the extra power output - probably a load of bull and the true answer is just down to some marketing ploy. BTW the trouble never occurs when riding the BMW Beast! Ted |
| Ted Newman |
| Thanks Ted I never had knee or back problems on the bikes until this year. When I returned from France a few weeks ago my knee swelled up and hurt for more than a week. Strangely I bought the F at Easter - I really hope there is no connection. |
| JohnP |
| John The connection is more down to age than to which/what car etc:-) Ted |
| Ted Newman |
| Sounds as though Ted is trying to convince the Missus to replace the squirrel ;-) ???? Mike |
| mike |
| What's a Steptronic? |
| John |
| Not yet Mike! Steptronic is the Automatic version of the *F* - no clutch - it use a CVT (constantly variable transmission) type gearbox, not a true automatic as it does not have gears to change but uses a system of drive belts and pulleys that slide in an out so changing the ratio - DAF used it with rubber bands! Ted |
| Ted Newman |
| wasn't that a load of rubbish especially up hills? |
| john |
| John, suggest a test drive is urgently required... |
| David |
| David - I think John was referring to the DAF - which was terrible on hills - back in the 60s you could find them abandoned on mountain roads all over Europe - normally pointing up hill! I hasten to add that the new variation uses steel belts as opposed to rubber bands. Ted |
| Ted Newman |
| Search the archive and you will find some interesting pages I turned up last time this went round, impressed I was with the simplicity of the system. Will |
| Will Munns |
| BTW, don't laugh, but I know from a 'heavy' to access clutch from another mate. The clutch shaft in the gear box 'cowl' where the hydraulic cylinder and lever is attached was rusted to the gear box housing. The gear box had to be dismantled and it was OK after putting loads of grease to the lever shaft. Dieter PS clutch was slipping as well sometimes |
| Dieter Koennecke |
| Getting back to the point, the clutch on my 98VVC was very heavy approximately one year ago. When the clutch was replaced during some warranty work to the gearbox they also replaced the hydraulic fluid which resulted in a light clutch pedal. I presume the clutch fluid deteriorates in a similar way to brake fluid. Neil |
| Neil Stothert |
| It was the Daf I was thinking about, never experienced it personaly but heard plenty of tales about it. I think I'll try neils idea and replace the fluid and see what happens, stripping the gearbox sounds a bit much at the moment. |
| john |
This thread was discussed between 29/07/2002 and 30/07/2002
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