Driving home to pick up my kids tonight I was thinking to myself that the Rover was driving really well lately. Of course this thought cursed me (or more correctly the truck) which then promptly up and failed. Pulling into a parking lot I attempted to double clutch down into 2nd gear and the clutch would not disengage the gearbox.
I've had a clutch fail in the past but it was very progressive, it just got more and more difficult to get the clutch to disengage. This time the clutch failed within a block, from perfect to not functioning.
When I depress the clutch pedal it moves about 1/4 to 1/3 of the usual travel and stops abruptly. No amount of force will cause the pedal to move further. From underneath you can see the end of the slave's push rod move and then promptly stop as well.
Any thoughts as to what might have gone wrong? I'm thinking I should detach the slave push rod from the operating lever and see whether the master/slave combo operates through its entire range. If so the problem must be internal to the clutch.
I've had a clutch fail in the past but it was very progressive, it just got more and more difficult to get the clutch to disengage. This time the clutch failed within a block, from perfect to not functioning.
When I depress the clutch pedal it moves about 1/4 to 1/3 of the usual travel and stops abruptly. No amount of force will cause the pedal to move further. From underneath you can see the end of the slave's push rod move and then promptly stop as well.
Any thoughts as to what might have gone wrong? I'm thinking I should detach the slave push rod from the operating lever and see whether the master/slave combo operates through its entire range. If so the problem must be internal to the clutch.
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