Yesterday, I spent a very hot couple of hours replacing the clutch hydraulics on my 2000 1.8 Freelander.
I know that conventional wisdom states that you really only need to do this when the pedal goes flat on the floor, but the rubbery feel at my clutch pedal made me think that it had to be worth changing the hydraulics out.
From the off, the pedal felt better and there is now a noticeable disengagement point, which I did not have before.
Having an enquiring mind, I thought it would be interesting to strip the old hydraulic set and see what state the seals were in. I must admit that what I found quite surprised me.
Whilst the seals looked pretty sound, the fluid had large bits of white.....gunk (sorry, the only way I can describe it) floating around.
This particluar 'clot' came out of the connecting pipe......
It was also all over the leading edge of the slave cylinder piston........
And a large deposit trapped between the seals (in the spring) of the master cylinder...........
Not sure what this is, but I'm guessing that it would do nothing for the hydraulic qualities of the fluid.
Didn't get around to fitting my clutch this weekend, but have made myself a tool that should help when I do.
I took an old brake disc (Volvo S40 IIRC) and cut a section out of the centre. Dressed the edges with a grinder and welded it to a length of square bar. Hey presto.......a driveshaft removal tool.........
The hole in the centre of this old disc was pretty much spot on to fit around the cups on the end of the driveshafts. Can't wait to try it.
I know that conventional wisdom states that you really only need to do this when the pedal goes flat on the floor, but the rubbery feel at my clutch pedal made me think that it had to be worth changing the hydraulics out.
From the off, the pedal felt better and there is now a noticeable disengagement point, which I did not have before.
Having an enquiring mind, I thought it would be interesting to strip the old hydraulic set and see what state the seals were in. I must admit that what I found quite surprised me.
Whilst the seals looked pretty sound, the fluid had large bits of white.....gunk (sorry, the only way I can describe it) floating around.
This particluar 'clot' came out of the connecting pipe......
It was also all over the leading edge of the slave cylinder piston........
And a large deposit trapped between the seals (in the spring) of the master cylinder...........
Not sure what this is, but I'm guessing that it would do nothing for the hydraulic qualities of the fluid.
Didn't get around to fitting my clutch this weekend, but have made myself a tool that should help when I do.
I took an old brake disc (Volvo S40 IIRC) and cut a section out of the centre. Dressed the edges with a grinder and welded it to a length of square bar. Hey presto.......a driveshaft removal tool.........
The hole in the centre of this old disc was pretty much spot on to fit around the cups on the end of the driveshafts. Can't wait to try it.
