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MG MGF Technical - Clutch stuck disengaged

After a weekend of not driving my TF 160, I pressed the clutch pedal to the floor to place the car in neutral before starting the engine and the pedal stayed on the floor. It has been a little sticky lately when not driven for a couple of days, the pedal had a split second dely on returning to the normal position.

Not had chance to crawl underneath yet but I think it could be the actuation shaft ceased which goes through the bellhousing/gearbox casing to the clutch fork.

Has anyone else experienced this?
Is it a gearbox out job to rectify?
John B

John

I'm afraid it is a common feature, but since your's is not completely siezed, you may be able to restore it if you can get oil into the joint.

The experts say it will still seize at some stage, when the answer is to replace the standard shaft with one fitted with a lubrication nipple. Mike Satur sells these and there may be others as well, but replacing the shaft does mean removing the gearbox.

Chris
Chris

Dieter's superior knowledge confirmed that there is a rubber O-ring on the shaft that effectively prevents lubrication from passing down the release arm shaft, so the chances are very slim that it can be resolved without extracting the gearbox & dismantling the release mechanism. Still worth a go though, in case the seizure is upstream of the O-ring, or the rubber has perished. A scissor jack & blocks of wood are my method of operating the lever manually, laborious but not as laborious as releasing the gearbox from the block 8-/

The slave cylinder that operates the lever commonly gives up when resistance builds in the release mechanism, so you may need to fit new seals or ideally replace the slave unit.
bandit

See my comments under "sticky clutch pedal"
Brian Highe

This thread was discussed on 08/09/2009

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