Spanner Party 4th August

OK well as per my suspicion after about 2 months of near perfect motoring the truck has given me a very sudden and unexpected problem. The thrust/release bearing has given up the ghost at a set of traffic lights.

Or at least I think its that because it makes a nice grinding noise when I press the clutch and its hard to get gears - sort of like trying to change gear with the clutch just at the bite point.

What are the chances of a spanner party the 1st weekend in August (4th)

Sorry Dan but can't make this one

Ne neither :thumbdown:

. On me holidays :thumbup:

Sorry mate I won't get a day pass from the boss for another spanner party So soon near the 2.8 project spanner party

Well I did think about doing mine at the 2.8s spanner party...but mine is a gearbox off job and I don't wona end up hijacking it because I can see it taking most of the day to do it

dan it can be done with one person, i know i have done mine befor on my own

and i carnt make the 4th as well

Nor can we , brians away for a weekend rcing while im stuck at work

Sorry buddy cannot help on this one either. We are away that weekend it seems.

dan, why not take the clutch n box out of Angelina

This should explain the differences.

http://opeloem.com/vauxhall/frontera_b_ ... lutch.html

To be honest for £150 you can buy a complete kit.

oh yeah, good point :oops:

but after gregs redneck clutch cleaning and up until the engine blew, it was changing gear fine

The second time we did it we didn't need extentions. We just pitched the engine back and forth to get to all the bolts. I did start a write up so I will try to find it and finish it before the weekend for you.

Cheers buddy!

. Just hope its going to be a nice easy job....but I just know everything is going to go wrong

Ask the question in the techi area Dan :thumbup:

Dan ... Been thinking about this. The very exact same thing happened to me at my first Thetford meet ... that turned out to be the slave cylinder. You must remember that one where we called the RAC out and fixed it in the car park. Have you looked at that one. Signs are sudden loss of ability to get into and out of gears, oil all over the road/gearbox. Oil is black from the bust seals. Easy way to check is to get under while someone is pressing the pedal. If the slave or master cylinder has gone then the piston on the cylinder will not move the fork, or at least very little. Also check the reservoir as it may well be low and oil black.

and saying that ratty
the same thing happened when my clutch master went. so could be a good check first dan

Oil level is fine, its nice and dark but the level is OK. The slave has no sign of leaks on it either and I have no idea how to check the master. But its making a lot of noise when pressed (grinding squealing sound) that changes pitch depending on how far the clutch is pressed, also a small amount of vibration thru the pedal. No doubt in my mind the bearing has gone and possibly broken up hence now allowing me to disengage the clutch all the way. That or one of the friction pads has broken off inside the clutch and has become wedged causing it to not disengage, but that's fairly unluckily... but with my luck I'm not ruling it out just yet lol

... or crud got in between the bearing and pressure plates causing fatigue and possible breakage. I would expect the worst and consider replacing the clutch as a kit. You could always try and change the slave and master with Angelinas, but by that description I think your onto something.