Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 11/4/10 at 09:33 PM |
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What goes ting ting ting TWANG!
Joined the SG7ers at lunch in Baldock today.
Lots of nice cars and good chat!
The clutch had been making little 'ting' noises on the way home and just as I was parking up on the drive it went 'TWANG' -
no more clutch...
Kermit has a great sense of timing 
It would have been a mare getting home with no clutch 
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iti_uk
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| posted on 11/4/10 at 09:42 PM |
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Yeah, that's good luck.
The last time a clutch went on me, I was about to board a ferry from Ireland, and after landing, had to drive from Fishguard to Liverpool - I decided
to follow the GPS, which took me pretty much "as the crow flies" across Wales. 3rd gear nearly all the way. With a car full of luggage.
During the new-year's snowy-blizzard spell. That wasn't a fun 4 hours 
Chris
[Edited on 11/4/2010 by iti_uk]
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 11/4/10 at 09:43 PM |
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Making your gearbox an inadvertant crash box!
I remember losing the clutch on a suzuki Bandit down in kent once. Riding home 2 up in the rain with no clutch is quite an experience!
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 11/4/10 at 09:59 PM |
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nightmares!
Richard, I have some bolts for you.
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/4/10 at 08:09 AM |
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My nephew had a Sierra a couple of years ago and the clutch went in a big way on that. When we got it apart the thrust bearing was the wrong one and
it had eaten the diaphragm springs and gone through them.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 12/4/10 at 10:45 AM |
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D'oh!!! Nasty - it's a good job I intend replacing the clutch when I stick the new gearbox in.
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