add heywood Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I'm getting a bit frustrated with the car now, seems like one thing after another... Driving today on the motorway in 5th and when boost came in the clutch seemed to slip slightly (engine revs rose by +/- 500rpm with no pick up of speed). The biting point has been really high on the peadal for a while now, around 1cm travel from the top. It was like this when I picked the car up last year from the garage after some work. It was maybe 2/3cm lower when it went in, always thought this a bit strange... but had never slipped since last year (3k mikes) until today. The funny thing is it doesnt slip in 2nd/3rd/4th gear pulls, where I thought with the lower gearing and bigger torque through the clutch it would... strange... I was trying to convince myself it was pedal related but I know deep down this is another expensive fix on the cards. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Clutch slip shows itself in top gear because the torque is working at it's hardest against the tallest gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add heywood Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Clutch slip shows itself in top gear because the torque is working at it's hardest against the tallest gear. Makes sense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 sounds like your clutch is slipping with the new power mate, some clutches you can adjust aswell and get rid of the slip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add heywood Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 sounds like your clutch is slipping with the new power mate, some clutches you can adjust aswell and get rid of the slip. Mine is one of them ORC clutches with the push to pull conversions, would have to pull the clutch from the box to find out which one it was though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 you can adjust some clutches, will do some research for you ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add heywood Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 you can adjust some clutches, will do some research for you ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Don't get me started on clutches! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrashcanman Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Don't get me started on clutches! lol Ditto, I've just had mine done and just after I purchased the car as well and as others have already said before mine started to go it was always slipping in the higher gears, mainly 5th and 4th to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan294 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 The joys of owning an Auto... Seriously though, hope you get it sorted Add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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