Clutch lubrication ..

[Golf-Sam]

Hi guys , i drove my brother's BMW the other day .. and his clutch was really comfortable .. got back in my can .. and noticed how hard my clutch is .. is that normal ?? is there a way i can oil it or something ? everyone who drives my car says something about the clutch .. my car is a 1.8l with a cable clutch ..

cheers

[h100vw]

Check your cable for kinks, after that the best you can do is change the cable for a new one. Never going to be as good as a hydraulic one.

Gavin

[wai]

There are many things that can cause a heavy clutch pedal. The actuating mechanism is just one. Probably the biggest part comes from the clutch diaphragm, something you can't do much about.

All you can do is make sure the mechanism is not binding anywhere.

If you really want to see a heavy clutch, try and see one in the old Kingswood/Torana lever systems Compared to them, all other clutch pedals are light as a feather.

But I know what a heavy clutch pedal is like. I suffered an injury to the ball of my foot, and was one of the reasons for getting a DSG gearbox.

[brad]

You could look at all the pivot points for the pedal, clevice pins, throwout lever, etc and ensure that the bushes are in good condition, are moving freely & lubricated properly. Also check the cable moves freely. The wire part is often coated with a plastic material that wears off & causes drag; the outer can start to wear away (get grooves in it). As Wai said, it should have free flowing curves, no kinks or sharp turns.

[Pmk]

I have this in my CL golf atm.

It's pretty notchy on the gears and it releases in stages instead of smooth and one motion. also makes it hard to find the friction point because its directly in the middle.

I used MOBIL Grease to try to loosen it up. i used it for the cable clutch in the engine bay and lubed up the springs on the pedals, but its more changing the cable to make it alot better. Most Golfs come like that at first i think.

[wai]

You could look at all the pivot points for the pedal, clevice pins, throwout lever, etc and ensure that the bushes are in good condition, are moving freely & lubricated properly. Also check the cable moves freely. The wire part is often coated with a plastic material that wears off & causes drag; the outer can start to wear away (get grooves in it). As Wai said, it should have free flowing curves, no kinks or sharp turns.

Way, Way back when I had my first Mini (the genuine ones) I used to use a teaspoon to top up the oil in the SU carburettor, and one of the guys mother where I worked was a nurse, and she got me a large bore needle and syringe. I had a sticking throttle cable and until I could get hold of a Teflon coated cable, I used it to inject oil up the cable.

It must have looked really weird. Here was someone "spoon feeding" a car and then giving it a "fix"!!!!

[Jmac]

Good chance your pressure plate is the root cause along with the drive plate sticking on the splines. Might be time for a clutch kit , new auto cable and clutch pedal stop, most have that missing too making the pedal sit high, very cheap item and the pedals then all sit together properly
Cheers
Jmac

[Golf-Sam]

Thank you for the replys everyone .. i went ahead and lubricated the cable from the gearbox's side .. it made a small difference .. but i think that this is as good as it gets .. will be looking at the leaver mechanism and check the pressure plate this weekend .. thanks for the replys again