sudden hard clutch - advice needed

mexicoshaun · Jan 19th, 2008, 12:53

Hi all,

Can anyone help me? My V40 was fine one minute then the clutch pedal has suddenly got much harder to press down (about 5-10x harder). I can still change gear ok, there are no strange noises and the hydraulic levels look normal. You can really feel the heaviness and springiness of the release bearing. Pedal itself is not springy like as if it had air in it in that way though. Feels almost as if it was not hydraulically assisted anymore - but as far as i can see a hydraulic problem would normally cause a soft pedal, or inability to change gear. As i say this has happened all of a sudden and not gradually. car is 1998, 120k miles, no indications of transmission probs b4 this.

Any Ideas?

Shaun

JIM C · Jan 19th, 2008, 13:44

Could be the flexy pipe collapsing going to the slave cylinder.
Jim

jonny57 · Jan 19th, 2008, 14:20

Or a sticky master cylinder.

Jan 19th, 2008, 12:53	#1
mexicoshaun New Member Last Online: Jan 21st, 2008 01:31 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: brighton	sudden hard clutch - advice needed Hi all, Can anyone help me? My V40 was fine one minute then the clutch pedal has suddenly got much harder to press down (about 5-10x harder). I can still change gear ok, there are no strange noises and the hydraulic levels look normal. You can really feel the heaviness and springiness of the release bearing. Pedal itself is not springy like as if it had air in it in that way though. Feels almost as if it was not hydraulically assisted anymore - but as far as i can see a hydraulic problem would normally cause a soft pedal, or inability to change gear. As i say this has happened all of a sudden and not gradually. car is 1998, 120k miles, no indications of transmission probs b4 this. Any Ideas? Shaun

Jan 19th, 2008, 13:44	#2
JIM C Forum Support Team Last Online: Jul 4th, 2021 16:28 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Scotland View Photos By: JIM C	Could be the flexy pipe collapsing going to the slave cylinder. Jim __________________

Jan 19th, 2008, 14:20	#3
jonny57 Member Last Online: Dec 10th, 2011 13:25 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dundee	Or a sticky master cylinder.

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