Thread: Possibly joining the Defender club, Clutch issues

i have had the clutch fork fail twice........this is where the slave cylinder push rod wears out the seat of the fork and pushes through. if you are not losing brake fluid than this would be the short favourite

its quite easy to remove the slave, if the push rod is not protruding from the housing than its gearbox out.....make sure they re-inforce the fork, some say it weekend the fork and won't do it but where i got mine done just before xmas they have had great success with beefing up the fork.

Thanks for that Kelvin,

Do you have any idea of the sort of cost involved in getting that work done?

I doubt you'll get much change from 1500 plus parts. Or you could get some experience people from on here around, rip the motor out, swap the clutch and put it all back in again. Should be doable in a day with experiences hands on the job.

er, i cannot remember. i didn't get much change out of $2k but this included complete clutch, modified fork, brake vac pump and power steering hose.

Sam,
it could also just be the plunger seal in the master cylinder starting to fail.

It's the small seal that stops the fluid from going back into the reservoir when you press the pedal down.

A seal kit is cheap as chips and not that much drama to fit.
I would be checking that first.
Start with the easiest and work your way in.

Cheers,
paul.

Originally Posted by harro

Sam,
it could also just be the plunger seal in the master cylinder starting to fail.

It's the small seal that stops the fluid from going back into the reservoir when you press the pedal down.

A seal kit is cheap as chips and not that much drama to fit.
I would be checking that first.
Start with the easiest and work your way in.

Cheers,
paul.

thats means whole brake pedal box is to come out....

you can use a set of vice grips on the flex hose under the car that connect to the slave, clamp the hose and your pedal should be rock hard....pretty this would discount the master cylinder? could be wrong

Originally Posted by weeds

thats means whole brake pedal box is to come out....

you can use a set of vice grips on the flex hose under the car that connect to the slave, clamp the hose and your pedal should be rock hard....pretty this would discount the master cylinder? could be wrong

Yes. That will differentiate between the two probable faults.

John

Thanks for the advice guys. Might try the vicegrips. If it is the fork, that might be enough to turn me off. Don't have that kind of money handy I would have thought that if it was something breaking, like the fork, it would have gone suddenly from feeling normal to having no pressure. This did it bit by bit over 3 weeks.