I have no idea what a 505 SD is, but if it has a setup similar to the
505 GL or STI I would suspect a cracked release fork. They often crack
right where the ball (the ball bolted to the bell housing) pivots on
the fork. This, in the SD, a model that I don't know, may not be the
case.
Ken
On Oct 6, 2005, at 7:57 PM, Dan Midtdal wrote:
>> It turned out that the ends of the fingers on the clutch had worn,
> I had the same problem with my '75 504 Diesel. It was because the
> release
> bearing was shot, it squealed like a stuck pig. Well, really the
> release
> bearing was seized and and it dragged on the clutch fingers to the
> point
> that it very nearly wore them through! It was a big embarassment at
> every
> stop light until I repaced the clutch and release bearing.
> Is it possible that the release bearing was not replaced at the time
> the
> clutch was replaced?
> Dan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Margolis" <peugeot6@rochester.rr.com>
> To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 4:31 PM
> 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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