At some point your car or van will be needing a clutch replacement this is certainly natural wear of driving a manual gearbox type vehicle, Clutch life depends on many conditions for example the method that you drive the car load, method of roads contamination etc.
Current car or suv clutches can be significantly more work intensive to change not like older vehicles when a clutch can be replaced within an hour or so, one what comes to mind is the early Vauxhall Cavalier the gearbox did not have to be removed to change the clutch.
Modern vehicles today we're not so lucky clutch replacement can be as many as three or nine hours to replace according to which make and model of vehicle you own. Some other conditions are making the price of clutch more costly towards the customer, conditions for example car manufacturers now utilize hydraulic clutch pedal meaning there is no clutch cable anymore it's all produced by hydraulic master and slave cylinders and fluid this is not for all vehicles but the majority of them.
Hydraulic clutch pedals have been available for a long time it is not new technology it did not matter if the vehicle had a cable or hydraulic clutch pedal the clutch parts on either consisted of three parts to complete a clutch kit.
1. Clutch Pressure plate
2. Clutch centre Plate [Friction Plate]
3. Clutch release Bearing
What has changed now within the hydraulic clutch pedal type is car manufacturers have moved clutch slave cylinder this unit was normally bolted on the outside of the gearbox which pushed a metal lever [Also known as clutch fork arm] which engaged the clutch bearing when the clutch pedal was depressed.
So what did the manufacturers do well they had a bright idea to integrate the clutch release bearing and clutch slave into one unit that is certainly now mounted within the gearbox just in front of the clutch this unit is now called Concentric Slave Cylinders.
So what on earth does this mean to the customer you know what just as you thought more expense don't blame the mechanic or garage blame your vehicle manufacturers any mechanic will confirm there bright idea is actually a stupid idea because now the clutch is open to fluid contamination from your concentric slave cylinders failing and leaking hydraulic fluid everywhere your clutch.
Clutch kits can be purchased as a complete kit including the concentric slave cylinder as part of the kit however , not each are available some Concentric Slave Cylinders end up being purchased separately.
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At some time your car or van have to have a car clutch replacement this is often everyday wear and tear of driving a manual gearbox type vehicle.
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