Hi guys,ive just bought a 2000 ford focus zetec estate which had a slipping clutch and was well on its way out..so at the weekend ive replaced it with a complete new kit,installed everything and took a well deserved step back to appricate my work

Didnt last for long tho as ive got no drive coming through the drive shafts and can take my foot off the clutch completely whilst in gear so just wanted to see if you guys had any ideas what it could be because im all out

thanks in advance and the 1st rounds on me

 

Hydraulic slave cylinder/master cylinder fault or clutch pipe crushed is my first thought mate, failing that then it could be the clutch disc or cover

 

what dose the clutch pedal feel like? dose it grind at all?

is the clutch plate defo the right way around?

 

check that the seal on the clutch pipe that go into the slave cylinder, or u put the clutch plate in the wrong way round there last about 15 to 25 mile the wrong way round lol

 

thanks chaffe ill be sure to check them once i go back out

 

the pedals quite soft and cant hear any grinding and im 100% sure ive put the clutch plate in properly but now you might of planted the seed of doubt in my mind

 

If it def goes into gear (assuming the cables are back on correctly lol) then i would slacken the bleed screw and see if it then tries to drive.

 

are the driveshafts back in properly

 

was a thought of mine too lol

 

maybe the cv joint has come out of the splinage inside the boot

 

sorry i meant dose it grind in to gear at all?

 

no it doesnt grind into gear,its more of a smooth action and regarding the driveshafts they've been pushed home into the splines,cv joint could be worth a look tho as i did do a bit of tugging to get the passenger side one out

as you can all tell this is the 1st big job ive tackled on car lol

 

get some one to take up drive' then look if the drive shafts turn.. but i still suspect the clutch plate is the wrong way round.

 

thanks for the input from all of you i didnt think i'd get such a quick response

so im off into the garage and will let you all no if i rectify it or not in a few hrs lol

 

good luck mate

and welcome along pal

 

if clutch was in the wrong way would it not be a pain to even get it in gear with the engine running?

 

depends, iv done an iveco lorry that my workmate did and that was fine for 100 miles

 

just got back in and still no joy so it looks like ill be stripping the gearbox down (not looking forward to that) and checking the clutch plate but i swear i put it in correctly lol but we'll see..

 

sorry to be a pest but is there supposed to be slight resistance once you push the driveshaft in to engage the splines in the differential gears!!!!!
because mine can easily turn

 

here is how to check the driveshafts are def in; with the car in 1st gear jack up one side off the ground, leaving the other on the ground, and see if you can sin the wheel that is airbourne.

 

thanks chaffe give me 10mins ill be back

sorry for being a pest

 

it spins freely so i take it there not in properly

 

that could be the case, if your posetive its in gear

 

the near side drive shaft should be held in with a circlip in a groove on the splines (at least it is on the mtx75 boxes). the way i got mine back in was to compress the end float in the shaft and tap the end of the shaft with a rubber mallet till it went all the way into the box.

 

they are called snap rings, and you should be able to seat the shafts by giving them a good shove, i normally put the outer cv into the hub and use the strut to whack it in with the bbj still disconnected.

 

just an update guys,finally decided to get the old man over to give me a 2nd pair of eyes and hands,and it seems the gearbox it fubarred

did the clutch again and as i thought i had originally put it in correctly,bolted up and driveshafts pushed home to find absolutely no drive coming from the main driveshaft,whilst the drivers/side goes round but if you place pressure on it can easily stop...

so its going to take a longer then i thought to get it on the road

 

well it would do that its got a open diff, have u tryed to back bleed the clutch just incase the master clylinder as tryed to shit its self

 

Did you have both wheels off the ground?

Only jack up one wheel then get in and drive it! dont worry it wont go anywhere as said that's what its meant to do as it has and open diff inside and not a limited slip diff

 

I've just done a gearbox on a Mk3 mondeo 1.8 zetec and that did exactly the same thing. After a lot of head scratching it turned out to be the driveshafts hadn't gone back into the gearbox properly even though I thought they had. All I did was jack the front up loosened the Driveshaft nuts at the wheels and gently tapped with a hammer then did the nut up and it drove straight away. Exactly the same prob as yours. When one wheel was off the ground one wheel would go round but could be stopped by hand.