clutch slip.... BAD

[GoLfMan]

i cant floor the mk1 because of terrible clutch slip.

clutch is adjusted all the way out so it cant be that.

AND its a near new clutch plate.

any ideas?

[thestu]

take the cable off the box...start her in gear and drive it with no cable see if it slops then....if it does unfortunately you will need to change your clutch

[gldgti]

i cant floor the mk1 because of terrible clutch slip.

clutch is adjusted all the way out so it cant be that.

AND its a near new clutch plate.

any ideas?

c'mon mate, we need more info than that.

you say 'near new' - so whats that? 2 weeks, 6 months?

who replaced it? what was replaced - did you change pressurep late aswell, and have your flywheel machined, or was it just the friction plate.

did you change the crankshaft big end seal?

does your gearbox leak oil

is oil dripping out of the bellhousing?

do you have the appropriate covers on the end of the bellhousing to prevent water/oil/grip from entering?

the answers to all these questions may yeild your problem....

[Jarred]

Drop the box and do some investigationing.

My money is on some contaminate on the clutch

[velly_16v_cab]

it could be your clutch fella

[GoLfMan]

dropping the box will have to happen soon...

no machining of the pressure plate or flywheels were done and I replaced the clutch myself!

near new as in, less than 2000kms on it!

[gtimk5]

Time to do it again then mate, and do a double check to the list of gldgti's.
Should get 100,000 kms out of a clutch job if you make sure there are zero oil leaks.

[GoLfMan]

Time to do it again then mate, and do a double check to the list of gldgti's.
Should get 100,000 kms out of a clutch job if you make sure there are zero oil leaks.

I've got a pretty warm motor in there at the moment, can the stock clutches take uprated power??

[Preen59]

My Mk1 was running a standard 190 clutch. Never had any probs except when the clutch cable started to fray.

The inner cable begins to fail and frays, grabbing on the outer cable and thus not allowing the clutch to fully engage. New cable fixed everything.

Hope that helps..

[SpeciP3]

Hey mate,
I had a similar problem on my old corolla
the clutch was brand new but would slip badly and the pedal would sometimes sit on the floor.
Turned out one of the springs had gone on the clutch disc, easy fix and was replaced for free (as was under warranty).
Hopefully this helps you a little

[gtimk5]

I initially ran the 1.8 TC on a standard 190M/m clutch for 18 months and then switched to a machined down Beeetle 4 puck clutch plate and standard pressure plate, even with the 9A.
Gripped like anything, never had an ounce of trouble. And also, if you were to have an oil leak, the clutch plate wouldnt be affected. Not that my motors leaked oil.

[Golf Loon]

Yeah I have had a few 1.8 and 2L Mk1s with 190mm clutches and they were fine.

Check your cable Josh. And the rubber bits under the arm.

If no probs there, then the box is coming back out.

[GoLfMan]

Yeah I have had a few 1.8 and 2L Mk1s with 190mm clutches and they were fine.

Check your cable Josh. And the rubber bits under the arm.

If no probs there, then the box is coming back out.

yeh checked all that matey, even made sure there was free play in the arm just incase it was engaged at idle....

guess the box is coming out then

thanks fellas