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Ford Transit Custom with a high clutch pedal

Our customer brought his Ford Transit Custom to us with the clutch pedal a lot higher than it should be but the biting point was still ok?

A lot of cars and vans have a ‘stop’ for the clutch pedal in the form of a bracket or a rubber but in the case of the Transit Custom it is built into the Clutch Master Cylinder itself.

Once we had removed the Master Cylinder we could see that the operating arm inside had broken allowing the return spring to make the pedal sit high.

Clutch Master Cylinder

When we replaced the clutch master cylinder and bled the hydraulic system we could see the pedal was now sitting in its correct position and felt a lot more natural to drive.

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Dual Mass Flywheel Failure!!

Do you know if your car has a Dual Mass Flywheel? Do you know what a Dual Mass Flywheel is? Here’s the basics.

A Dual Mass Flywheel is basically what it says, it’s a Flywheel in two parts (Dual). The two separate parts are allowed to rotate slightly to create dampening when you release the clutch and to reduce engine vibrations being passed through to the gearbox.

This is done by heavy duty springs in between the the two separate parts of the Flywheel which allow the slight movement.

However, with all moving parts, especially ones under stress they wear causing noises, vibrations and lastly drive line failure!

Vibrations or Rattling?

This was a Dual Mass Flywheel we replaced recently on a Citroen C5, as you can see from the pictures when the old Flywheel had failed it was allowing the clutch to sit off centre causing vibrations. Once the new Flywheel and Clutch Kit were fitted it sat central again.

Once replaced the car was road tested and all vibrations and noises had disappeared.

If you have any concerns about vibrations or noises feel free to give us a call on 01332 205070 and we would be happy to help.