K reg transit problem
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K reg transit problem
I have a K Reg Transit recovery truck but recently it been hard to get it into reverse and now first gear is playing up too if i turn the engine off then it will go in gear i can start engine and drive off or reverse ??
also once in gear i have to have me foot on the brake as the truck creaps forward ?
is this clutch problem / stretched cable / gearbox problem
i have had to different merchanics tell me two different things one says clutch one says gearbox
anyone know more
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Dave
also once in gear i have to have me foot on the brake as the truck creaps forward ?
is this clutch problem / stretched cable / gearbox problem
i have had to different merchanics tell me two different things one says clutch one says gearbox
anyone know more
Cheers
Dave
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Clutch dragging by the sounds of things. If you're sat still in neutral, hand brake off, put foot on the clutch and force it into first, does the van creep forward?
Edit...just re read, yes it does!
Edit...just re read, yes it does!
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Trouble is i have give me mate £50 labour money to come and sort it and he's convinced its the gearbox dont want him getting a bloody new box when it aint that and i have to pay for clutch and a box grrrr
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It's not the gearbox.
Clutch ratchets only used to slip in my experience, usually at the lights causing you to have to fight them to a stop or to prevent you from ramming someone if you was still in gear. Good thing about the Transit clutch ratchet is it can be changed in about 10 minutes unlike the car equivelents!
Clutch ratchets only used to slip in my experience, usually at the lights causing you to have to fight them to a stop or to prevent you from ramming someone if you was still in gear. Good thing about the Transit clutch ratchet is it can be changed in about 10 minutes unlike the car equivelents!
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They had 2 sizes of clutch one of which was 267mm diameter (heavy duty). These where fitted mainly to the turbo diesels but also onto some of the chassis cabs if they were intended to do a lot of towing (E.G plant hire companies or utility companies). Chances are you will have the standard duty clutch but at least you know about the other clutch if you find it's wrong.
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They had 2 sizes of clutch one of which was 267mm diameter (heavy duty). These where fitted mainly to the turbo diesels but also onto some of the chassis cabs if they were intended to do a lot of towing (E.G plant hire companies or utility companies). Chances are you will have the standard duty clutch but at least you know about the other clutch if you find it's wrong.
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Ratchet is only 10 minutes work! It's on the pedal so your answer is no!
Gearbox takes about half an hour the flip out with air tools and a ramp. 10 mins to swap the clutch and another half hour to throw the box back in.
9 times out of 10 a dragging clutch is usually the clutch itself though so be prepared to extract the gearbox.
Gearbox takes about half an hour the flip out with air tools and a ramp. 10 mins to swap the clutch and another half hour to throw the box back in.
9 times out of 10 a dragging clutch is usually the clutch itself though so be prepared to extract the gearbox.
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Another word of advice, usually I used to find a dragging clutch was some of the fingers on the pressure plate had gone weak so when you pressed the clutch, the pressure didn't release off the spinner plate fully. Every so often though, I'd find the little ball pivot at the end of the release arm in the bell housing had come loose in the housing. Usually a bit of a beating with a hammer and centre punch to swell the metal and some locktite cured this problem and stopped it coming out again.
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id certainly be putting a clutch on it, its a recovery truck it needs to earn its money, on mine i even spent the extra and bought a fords one! one of those things i dont want to be ripping out again in 6 months time due to shit parts
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