Clutches

[jmkent]

Not a Peugeot car, however, generally speaking....

... currently experiencing problems engaging 2nd and 3rd gears in gf's Clio. Not always a problem, but fairly often you need to 'force' it into gear, or neutral, clutch out, clutch in and try again. I'm already thinking new clutch required.... agree with this consensus, or could there be something else related to the problem?

[john_h]

do you get any noise?

could be the selector cables and guide...if that makes sense

[jmkent]

Slight rattle when in neutral with clutch up, but not loud enough to be 100% sure its this.

[john_h]

does it sound like the best way to describe it, a penny in the washing machine on a very fast cycle?

if so i had that just before my thrust bearing went

[nige65]

Mr Kent you must have bad luck mate ive had about 30 odd cars never had a clutch go i know you had 407 done and mine is like on its way out been like it over 12 months .
Only problem gearbox wise i ever had was 2.0s capri remote push rods the gear stick snapped off in my hand took 3 weeks to get one from germany was using a screww driver to change gear for that time

[steve_gti]

defo sounds like thrust bearing pretty crap tbh same as the citreon xsara ones fail all the time best off putting a 3 piece clutch kit in it.

[jmkent]

So the 3 piece clutch kit includes this thrust bearing? Heard of them before, but don't really know what they do.

I've had some bad luck, my first cars never had any clutch/gearbox problems (2 x 306) and they had high mileage (157k and 191k a piece). Then when my 306 got written off through an incompetent German on holiday in Cornwall, I had a temp Volvo V40, which did have a duff clutch - found out a month or so after buying but never had it done as was going to be £500-£700 to do on a car worth not much more. Then, as you've said, did have it done on my 407, but that was mainly as a result of a knackered DMF and clutch replacement was just path of the course by having that done.

Her Clio has got 126k on the clock, so hasn't done bad really... and did only cost her £600 2yrs ago, and this is the first thing we've had to pay out for on it, so can't be too bad.

What would you expect a garage to charge for this job? I've seen 3 piece clutch kits are about £50-£60.

[john_h]

when my clutch goes im shoving a single mass flywheel in and obv getting clutch sorted

[john_h]

i got a little garage to do it for £60 labour iirc. there is a few posts on what i paid.

i rang around and played them off each other for business. the place that did it i would say are decent as i always see lorries/van/busses/taxis etc in there...trem will know it on the felling bypass called hoddys recovery. so ring around and see what they say.

[jmkent]

£60 labour sounds good

Reading through the Haynes manual, it doesn't sound like it is rocket science, but does sound like quite a bit of work though