I had a Fiero where 1/2 the fingers had broken off over time. I didn't know
too much about the cars as I hated it to pieces. I kept trying and trying
to bleed the clutch better to get it to disengage properly. Exasperated, I
took it to a clutch shop. He had never done a Fiero but did it anyway.
Said 1/2 the fingers were gone. I guess cheap clutch diaphragms can fail.
I just chalked it up to GM Excellence.
He said he'd never let another Fiero into the shop after working on it.
Couldn't blame him.
K o l l
-----Original Message-----
From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Steve Margolis
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 4:32 PM
To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] 1980 505 SD clutch adjustment
Matt,
I had to have done what Dan said about a year and a half ago on my 87
sti. The L shaped end hadn't fallen off (yet), but there wasn't much
of the rod left to hold it there. In addition, the hole in the pedal
was worn to an oblong shape, which compounded matters. Morris Motors
in Rochester filled the hole, then drilled it out, and replaced the
clutch rod with a new one, and it was good as new (I guess, it had
87,000 miles on it when I bought it).
But then about a month and a half ago, I was trying to push the
clutch through the floor to disengage it. If I didn't slide it into
first when stopping, I would have had to shut the engine down and
restarted it in first. I had to double clutch and get the RPMs right
to shift up and down, and it would just go into reverse. I thought
the rod had broken or the hole had elongated again, but no such luck.
It turned out that the ends of the fingers on the clutch had worn,
which prevented the clutch from disengaging fully. That set me back a
few bucks! The worst part is that I had the clutch replaced about
four years ago for the same reason. The first time, there was some
light wear on the surface of the clutch; this time there was no wear
at all on the surface.
If anyone can explain what would cause the ends of the fingers to
wear away, I'd like to know.
Steve
In active service:
'87 505 sti v6 - 5 speed - generally healthy
--
Rust in peace:
'86 505 sti - 5 speed - committed suicide
'81 505 tdiesel 5 speed - murdered by a NY State trooper
'80 505 diesel auto - died of a myriad of complications
'79 504 diesel 4 speed - mortally wounded by inattentive driver
At 06:57 PM 10/6/2005, you wrote:
>Matt:
>It is likely that the push rod on the pedal is nearly worn through. I
>have seen them worn through to the point the L shaped end simply falls
>off! You will have to find a new one or fill the old one with weld and
>grind to shape. Dan
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "blade44m" <zaphod44@earthlink.net>
>To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:35 PM
>Subject: [Peugeot-L] 1980 505 SD clutch adjustment
>
>
> > Hi group-
> >
> > I have to push the clutch pedal in my 1980 505 SD all the way to the
> > floor to disengage it. There is no fluid leakage, so I think it is
> > simply out of adjustment. However, I can find no way to adjust it on
> > the master cylinder, slave cylinder, or pedal. What is the proper
> > way to adjust it? Thanks!
> >
> > -matt
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