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Orgonomix Gate Opener
Joined: 11 Apr 2017 Odometer: 8 Location: West Country
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:51 pm Post subject: Help with clutch problem please
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Hi folks I'd really appreciate anybody advising me how to decide if I need to remove my gearbox or not.
It's a '98 Cherokee TDI Sport with 5 speed manual transmission .
The problem is that the clutch won't disengage. It happened very quickly, I had the clutch down at a junction waiting to pull out with the Jeep in first gear when bam ! The clutch engages on its own without me lifting the pedal and off I go down the road.
My first thought was either I have a busted slave cylinder or the clutch fluid had all leaked away but this was not the case.
Now there seems to be a little bit of clutch disengagement if I start the jeep in gear with the pedal pressed down hard but it does creep forward.
Could it be that my clutch release/throw-out bearing has broken up?
In this case obviously it all has to come out to be replaced or is there a way to be sure before removing gearbox?
I have bled the slave cylinder a few times (i'm on my own with this) by pumping vigorously and wedging the pedal down with a big pipe against the seat runner.
I'm going to do this again now but I've done it three times and it's made no difference....
Thoughts please gents?
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Orgonomix Gate Opener
Joined: 11 Apr 2017 Odometer: 8 Location: West Country
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 8:30 pm Post subject: back on the road
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A very unexpected turn of events.
When I took the slave cylinder off hoping to look in and see what was going on in there, all seemed ok, couldn't see much anyway apart from clutch arm, I noticed a 1/4 inch thick spacer between the slave cylinder mounting face and the bell housing surface it bolts up against and thought to myself that bolting it up without this piece would effectively give me another 1/4 inch of clutch disengagement.
Bolted back up, minus spacer and lo and behold, full pedal and clutch disengagement! Un-believable.
I was about ready to pull the gearbox off and now much to my relief I seem to have been granted a break from the guys at Toledo back in '97 when it was put together.
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