[urq] Clutch Slave Problem?

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Yep, indeed, high-milers will surely have worn bushings at the pedal pivot
(under the dash). Mine were a bit ovalized, but the main play came from
where the slave cylinder clevis is attached to the pedal. This hole was
enlarged to the point of being almost twice as long as when new. The
telltale for this problem, if the firewall is intact/repaired, is the fact
that the adjuster on the slave cylinder will not be long enough to keep the
pedal at 10mm from the brake pedal height. I had to create a new round hole
by welding and drilling to correct this situation.

The car was less than 200 000 km when this happened. Curiously, I've kept a
pedal from a Coupe GT that was at least 345 000 km (from its odo) and the
bushings were still mostly intact as was the slave cylinder attaching point.
I guess the urQ pedal is a lot more hard to depress, especially when old.

Buschings for brake and clutch pedals : 2 for each pedal of 443 721 153A.

Clutch pedal itself, with 2 bushings and rubber pad : 857 721 315C.

Louis-Alain


> -----Message d'origine-----
 
> Just an FYI.. I had a simular problem on my 84 at an autocross...  Found
> out ( Thanks to the guys on this forum ) to look for a crack on the
> firewall... Sure enough the firewall was cracked and the clutch rod was
> shifted ..  Called 034 for one of their firewall URQ braces ( Installed )
> still had a problem... Changed out the master ( Still have a problem ),
> Changed the slave ( Oh what joy that was doing it in car )... Getting
> better.. Wasnt until I posted up I had a soft pedal and someone mentioned
> about the bushings in teh clutch pedal.. yep mine were worn... So bottom
> line, check everything mentioned above before something else breaks... lol
> 
> Tim