Hi All

 

Not been working hard on the car recently as I bought a daily runner to use while getting the Z fixed. However, put the engine back in a few weeks back and that seems to be running good. Also, nearly finished painting the rusty rear panel which I should hopefully finish at the weekend. Exhaust is still blowing a bit which shouldn't take too long to weld up hopefully for the MOT.

 

However, I'm having clutch problems. The pedal had gone pretty low the day before the turbos blew, which I'd though at the time must be due to fluid leakage. Forgot all about it and took the engine out, did the work and put it back in again.

 

I've pressure bled the lines with more than seven litres of fluid! I've adjusted the clutch travel right up to the top. But I'm still having problems disengaging the clutch. The friction plate is brand new but the pressure plate (Smithy's RPS) and the release bearing are about 8,000 miles old.

 

When I press the pedal right down, it's still dragging. Also, sometimes there is a whine coming from the clutch area when the pedal is pressed. It doesn't appear to be leaking any fluid from the lines or cylinder as the reservoir level hasn't changed.

 

I'm starting to think the clutch fork may have bent or broken. Any ideas? The noise is obviously coming from something in the release mechanism.

if you look under the car while pressing the clutch, do you see the pin moving from the slave cylinder ?

 

also, have you tried this ?

http://specialtyz.com/clutchadj.htm