Juddering

pos

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• Jun 17, 2007

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Evening,

When ever I am reversing (any speed) and I fully press my clutch to allow my landy to coast backwards, I get this horrible juddering and my car shakes and jumps. It does the same thing if I don't press my clutch too. Does anyone know what this is and how I can sort it? It wasn't doing it yesterday.

Thanks in advance
-Pos

 

GRUNT

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• Jun 17, 2007

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Have a look at the handbrake fost make sure it's not binding and is releasing properly. Try filing a chamfer onto the trailing edge.

 

pos

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• Jun 17, 2007

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Hi Grunt,

Where abouts should I be looking to check that the hand brake isn't binding and would it not judder when I move forwards if the hand brake is binding? Which bit is the trailing edge?

Thanks for the quick reply
-Pos

 

GRUNT

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• Jun 17, 2007

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Get the rear end on axle stands and with the hand brake off try turning the wheels if they're stiff or if you can hear the juddering then the hand brake could be binding and needs adjusting.

It's a lot easier to do it with the propshaft off turning the drum but then it can be a pain getting the prop shaft off it's up to you.

It may not judder going forwards cos the leading edge of the shoes have a chamfer on so dont "grip" the drum. The rotation of the drum on the chamfer pushes the shoes away.

 

pos

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• Jun 17, 2007

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alright well I'll give it a go, but not now - I'm in my dressing gown,
I thank you

(just in case that's not the problem, what else should I be looking out for?)

 

GRUNT

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• Jun 18, 2007

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Owt from a buggered clutch to a stone in the drums or somewhere in the calipers.

 

olmasters

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• Jun 19, 2007

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Weird, sometimes when letting the clutch out in 1st gear I get quite a bad judder, although there seems to be a tecnique to avoiding it... I have no idea whether this would be the same problem tho?

 

pos

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• Jun 19, 2007

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Well I took her down to the garage and funnily enough, the blody thing didn't judder when I was trying to demonstrate the problem - sods law. I must have been a bit aggressive with the throttle or the clutch but I'm going to be keeping an eye on it

 

olmasters

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• Jun 19, 2007

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Yeah, like mine i quess there is a tecnique, although as I havn't yet to pass my test I havn't mastered it yet...