Clutch pedal springy 2cm from bottom 307 SW

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Hi

My clutch pedal started being springy about 2cm from the bottom of it's travel, I managed to video through the release arm hole and could see at the bottom of the travel the release bearing stops moving but the release arm is flexing slightly causing the springy feeling.

I replaced the clutch and flywheel in 2019 at 138k, the new one has only done 23K, it seems to me that the clutch cover is not fully disengaging so probably the cover is faulty (maybe the automatic adjuster mechanism this seems to be an extra complication that isn't really needed).

Has anyone come across this before?

I wonder what stops the pedal at the bottom of it's travel, is it just it reaches the bottom of the master cylinder or is there a stop in the pedal box? perhaps the stop is broken? I don't want to change the clutch only to find the issue isn't resolved.

The clutch works fine but I'm about to do a 1500 miles trip in France visiting the my wife's family and don't want to get stranded without all the tools to change the clutch (breakdown cover only covers a repatriation up to the market value so the car would end being scrapped in France).

Thanks in advance

Jon

[advocas]

Sorry I forgot to give model details, it's a 2006 307 SW 2.0 HDI 136 RHR 6 speed box and the replacement clutch in 2019 was a LUK (same part number as the one from new)

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Replaced the clutch with LUK 3 piece kit and now it's back to normal. I think it was probably the automatic adjuster mechanism as the small springs were at the end of their travel. I'm not really sure why they added this mechanism, clutches worked fine for donkeys years before automatic adjusters were added.