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clubby123
 Post subject: clutch went snap!!!
PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:50 pm 
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well... today i was going to my mates place and i got about 10 meters from his drive way
and my clutch went snap, so we pushed it up the drive and his next door neighbours came over to inspect. i am so lucky one was a mechanic and the other had a mini and had the part i needed and they fixed it there and then for me..

i was only going over to put my angle eyes in :wink: get a pic of them up soon

heres the pic...of the clutch arm thingy

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so lucky

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Don't even THINK about welding it on. It's heat treated, wil just crack off again, even if TIG welded. Just fit a NEW one they are not dear.
Experience taught me this... :lol:

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crap.....! Wonder if some 1 had heated it up and bent it a bit to get some extra throw at some stage in its life?

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No, thats not the part you heat'n'bend (that's near the casting number).

Just old age...

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Ive seen ones that have been bent down there! Something about the fulcrum angle or something??? Dont have to bend it as much??

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They do bend down there, from old age. Just before they SNAP.... :lol:
My early type arm (thinner) broke 1/2 way up the main arm, next to the stop lug... :shock:

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drmini in aust wrote:
They do bend down there, from old age. Just before they SNAP.... :lol:
My early type arm (thinner) broke 1/2 way up the main arm, next to the stop lug... :shock:


ive got a thiner one on there now should i get a thicker one like i had

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Nah the thinner ones are better than the aftermarket ones we get now.
But buy one for spare, good idea...:)

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i did one in near identical spot about two weeks ago
great fun i got stuck in tamworth for nearly a week!! :?
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i did one in near identical spot about two weeks ago
great fun i got stuck in tamworth for nearly a week!! :?


that would suck! ! that palce is so dead

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Wow now that's a break!

My clutch was sloppy ages ago and I replaced this arm to find the ball on the end only holding on by about 3mm of metal :lol:

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harvey69 wrote:
Pin4e wrote:
i did one in near identical spot about two weeks ago
great fun i got stuck in tamworth for nearly a week!! :?


that would suck! ! that palce is so dead

What a wuss- just drive it home, no clutch... :lol:
After owning a Fiat 124 (&%#* cable clutch) for 25 years you get pretty good at clutchless shifts when cable breaks... 8)

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sounds like its a comon thing can you buys these new, i just borrowed the one i got now, if you can how much it gonna set me back...

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yeah it was $55 for the arm and a ?*&$ load for labour.
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$53 at Karcraft, etc.

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