12-11-2019, 10:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2019, 10:40 PM by David Stepney.)
When I first bought my RP saloon, it suffered from clutch judder in reverse. The clutch also could be provoked into slipping on steep hills when changing from first to second.
The engine and box on a box saloon comes out in under two hours and, when I took the clutch to bits, the linings had, at some stage, been subjected to oil contamination which had baked into the linings, giving them a finish rather like that on a grand piano. Replacing the linings (which I had riveted into place by firm specialising in commercial vehicle brake lining replacement) not only cured the clutch slip but the judder as well.
I never found out where the oil had come from. The clutch pit was dry (well reasonably) when I stripped it and has remained so ever since. I understnad that the gearbox is often the culprit, but mine, for all its faults, doesn't leak oil!
The engine and box on a box saloon comes out in under two hours and, when I took the clutch to bits, the linings had, at some stage, been subjected to oil contamination which had baked into the linings, giving them a finish rather like that on a grand piano. Replacing the linings (which I had riveted into place by firm specialising in commercial vehicle brake lining replacement) not only cured the clutch slip but the judder as well.
I never found out where the oil had come from. The clutch pit was dry (well reasonably) when I stripped it and has remained so ever since. I understnad that the gearbox is often the culprit, but mine, for all its faults, doesn't leak oil!