Re: 105 Clutch not disengaging

[Andrew Jordine <andrewj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:57 PM 9/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Check your pedal height. Is the clutch pedal visibly lower than
>the brake pedal (the should be roughly equal). If so, then the
>weld has broken on the end of the pedal shaft.
>
>The 105/115 cars (pendular pedal cluster) have a design weakness. Both
>the clutch and brake pedals hang from the same shaft. The brake pedal is
>mounted on bushings so that it rotates independently from the shaft and
>operates the brake master directly from the pedal arm. The clutch pedal
>is pinned to the shaft so that when you depress the clutch pedal the 
>whole shaft rotates. The the arm that actuates the clutch master is 
>attached to the very end of the shaft. The factory just puts a big glob 
>of weld over it. This is insufficient and after a few million operations 
>this weld breaks and the arm starts to rotate relative to the shaft. The 
>result is that your pedal starts to sink lower and lower, and eventually 
>can't disengage the clutch all the way.
>
Aussie RHD cars have underfloor master cylinders.
Clutch may need replacing or diaphragm may be broken.

Andrew Jordine

1971 1750 GTV (rhd and clutch replaced because of broken diaphragm)

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