Bobupndown
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Well, following on from my post about replacing the clutch in my son's Peugeot 108 in the "what I fixed today" thread.......
Got the (quality oem Luk) clutch kit fitted, after driving for a short time there was a strange rattling noise. Gearbox out again, nothing obviously wrong, refitted it again and it seemed OK but after driving for a day the clutch pedal felt notchy and gear changes difficult. Gearbox out yet again for the 3rd time. New release bearing had come apart! Difficult to source the release bearing on its own without the full kit but managed to locate one. Fitted it tonight, in the process of putting the gearbox back in, i had a bottle jack supporting the engine, jacked it up a little and the jack goes through the bloody sump pan, oil everywhere. So I spent the rest of the evening stripping the sump off it, and it's as well the gearbox was out because there are two bolts on the sump conveniently located behind the flywheel which has to come off to access them. So now to find a supplier with a sump, not the usual pressed steel cheapy one as on the old 107s, no this is a cast aluminium one. So this DIY clutch change has cost me a clutch kit, another new release bearing (couldn't be annoyed arguing about who's responsible and sending the old one back to be examined by the manufacturer) a new sump, suitable sealant and another gallon of engine oil and what seems like about 2 weeks of my life. And then.....my wife comes home in her beloved Fiat 500 to tell me its clutch had failed.... again! Its already had a master cylinder under warranty and now it's lost all its hydraulic fluid from the ****ty cheap, so called quick fit connector between the master and slave cylinder pipe work, apparently a common 500 failure problem. I was delighted to discover its still got 6 days of the 6 month dealer provided warranty remaining so at least that's not my problem! FFS I hate working at cars sometimes.
Got the (quality oem Luk) clutch kit fitted, after driving for a short time there was a strange rattling noise. Gearbox out again, nothing obviously wrong, refitted it again and it seemed OK but after driving for a day the clutch pedal felt notchy and gear changes difficult. Gearbox out yet again for the 3rd time. New release bearing had come apart! Difficult to source the release bearing on its own without the full kit but managed to locate one. Fitted it tonight, in the process of putting the gearbox back in, i had a bottle jack supporting the engine, jacked it up a little and the jack goes through the bloody sump pan, oil everywhere. So I spent the rest of the evening stripping the sump off it, and it's as well the gearbox was out because there are two bolts on the sump conveniently located behind the flywheel which has to come off to access them. So now to find a supplier with a sump, not the usual pressed steel cheapy one as on the old 107s, no this is a cast aluminium one. So this DIY clutch change has cost me a clutch kit, another new release bearing (couldn't be annoyed arguing about who's responsible and sending the old one back to be examined by the manufacturer) a new sump, suitable sealant and another gallon of engine oil and what seems like about 2 weeks of my life. And then.....my wife comes home in her beloved Fiat 500 to tell me its clutch had failed.... again! Its already had a master cylinder under warranty and now it's lost all its hydraulic fluid from the ****ty cheap, so called quick fit connector between the master and slave cylinder pipe work, apparently a common 500 failure problem. I was delighted to discover its still got 6 days of the 6 month dealer provided warranty remaining so at least that's not my problem! FFS I hate working at cars sometimes.
Nissan make you buy the whole axle FFS!
