C15 Clutch Change & Pressure Plate Fixings

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 01 Nov 2010, 08:11

i never use a linning up tool either,

but just use the finger depth tests on the exposed clutch lining perimeter only,

works every time for me,

regards malcolm

flying clutchman · Post by **flying clutchman** » 01 Nov 2010, 08:14

Yes that's a uuseful method if you can't get a sight on it. No good when you have a reccesed flywheel though!

frenchcarnut · Post by **frenchcarnut** » 01 Nov 2010, 08:35

'Nut and Clutchman: I bow to your superior confidence in unaided clutch alignment. But for the time it took, the circumstances around me and my faltering eyesight, I thought this was a good solution for me. I also like the fact that the tool acted as a prop, leaving my hands to hold a cup of tea as I tightened up

And it's okay if you're standing up in pit or below adult height ramps, but I don't like humming Coldplay's "Rush of blood to the head"!

My clutch tool spared me of that indignity

flying clutchman · Post by **flying clutchman** » 01 Nov 2010, 09:16

frenchcarnut wrote:'Nut and Clutchman: I bow to your superior confidence in unaided clutch alignment. But for the time it took, the circumstances around me and my faltering eyesight, I thought this was a good solution for me. I also like the fact that the tool acted as a prop, leaving my hands to hold a cup of tea as I tightened up

And it's okay if you're standing up in pit or below adult height ramps, but I don't like humming Coldplay's "Rush of blood to the head"! My clutch tool spared me of that indignity

Being able to drink tea while working is an enviable skill, I take my hat off to you! I don't work in a pit or on ramps though, just laying under the car using axle stands. Less effort to lift the gearbox up!!

frenchcarnut · Post by **frenchcarnut** » 01 Nov 2010, 09:40

flying clutchman wrote:Being able to drink tea while working is an enviable skill, I take my hat off to you!

Why thank you. It's taken me years to perfect but helps when I sing Busy doing nothing...trying to find lots of things not to do

flying clutchman wrote:I don't work in a pit or on ramps though, just laying under the car using axle stands. Less effort to lift the gearbox up!!

I don't think I assumed that in your case, but neither am I comfortable stretching my neck up from underneath with streaming traffic going past. I'd love a pit where you could put the heavy bits on a platform via sliding parallel rails to move into position when needed that would also incorporate a jack.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 01 Nov 2010, 19:41

do you use a straw to supp your neckter,

flying clutchman wrote
"I don't work in a pit or on ramps though, just laying under the car using axle stands."

likewise but i use an engine/gear box support beam which the engine and box are dangled from, i dont know what i did for years before purchaseing one, absaloutly magic,

regards malcolm

frenchcarnut · Post by **frenchcarnut** » 01 Nov 2010, 20:37

citronut wrote:likewise but i use an engine/gear box support beam which the engine and box are dangled from, i dont know what i did for years before purchaseing one, absaloutly magic

Would love one of those