Engaging cluch when pressing pedal dosent work

christery · Post by **christery** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:02 am

Hi, Im having a problem with engaging the cluch, when I press the pedal down it gives some resistance but the clutch is not working. Thought about the white thingy on the clutch wire (motor end) had broken and fallen off but its still there... next thougt is that one of the arms on the "leaver" pressing the clutch avay from the engine is broken - so it does something but not enough... 3:d but most stupid thought is that something in the pedal is giving me the same resistance (not the rug, checked that) but there is some slack and a spring making me think im moving the cluch.

It happend in an instance, car working nice and then: no way to shift gear. Started the car on 2:nd gear and got home (70 km/h is about 5000 rpm or above so i felt stupid, and switching the car off at stoplights was even more scary, will the battery hold? but it did, and the starter too).

Sorry about my bad English but Im from Sweden so...

Any Ideas?

//CY

Bramdeman · Post by **Bramdeman** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:19 am

Sounds like your clutch has died. Most likely the Pressure Plate has broken. The only way to fix this is to take the gearbox of and replace the whole clutch.

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:23 am

Hi Christery,

How many Km has your car done? Generally, clutches tend to go after 185000.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:25 am

could be that the clutch cable has stretched too much?
mine snapped.....obviously happened quickly, but if its stretched to the point where it no longer engages the clutch properly then this could happen quickly too?
i personally would look at the cable first, as its cheaper and easier to fix than clutch plate....if it isnt the cable, at least you know that youve got a new one in there!

www.eurocarparts.com do the cables a lot cheaper than volvo....sorry, dont know part number!
rgrds
rob

Bramdeman · Post by **Bramdeman** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:32 am

Doubt it, that would happen gradually and would have to stretch pretty far if the clutch didn't work at all anymore.

christery · Post by **christery** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:28 am

Thanks for the thoughts, that one about replacing all sounds scary, and yes it just snapped... is therer some plastic bearings in the pedals that could cause the problem... this is a turbo and I dont know about nono turbos 480 but mine has a really distinct cluch, first time drivers of this car tend to have a motorstop before they learn to drive it... its gone 10000 km since the gearbox and cluth was fitted, its a 89 so i had it renovated, the driver seat was obviosly changed too due to tear on the side (and now its back to its warn state)

But still I think therer is two options to get this problem (usually think: if I would generate this problem how woult i do) The leaver inside is loose or a bearing in the pedal is broken (generating a slack)

I will keep u posted, got to get down to the car checking it once again, was going moosehunting... but now I am huntning a working cluch insted.

Again, thanks for your input...

//CY

christery · Post by **christery** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:31 am

Oh, and if the preassureplate has broken, shouldnt that produce the opposite problem?

Im having a problem with disengaging the engine from the drive, not the opposite.

//CY

christery · Post by **christery** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:15 pm

Phew, adjusted the cluch to 30mm movment (arm movement fully pressed/not pressed) and love and behold, the damned thing works again...

Going to my Volvo dealer tomorrow to look at the schematics, must have lost something on the end of the cluch wire - there are some hints in Haynes about a dampler in the turbo models, but I have no idea if I had one before or not... That woukd explain why I had to adjuts about 2 cm of slack in just 1 day, havent touched that thing before... and driving this one since -90.

I can still make the moose hunt come through... If I get to shoot one on the other hand is another buissness....

Thanks for the inputs //CY

Bramdeman · Post by **Bramdeman** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:40 pm

ill be damned!

The clutch cable can be adjusted with 2 10mm bolts perhaps these 2 had worked their way loose ?

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:04 pm

Good news!

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:24 pm

blimey - Haynes does suggest that there is a damper on the clutch cable adjuster (Often just two 10mm nuts...) on /some/ models - perhaps something to do with the short-throw clutch levers and the long-throw versions?

Glad you can now change gear!

christery · Post by **christery** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:15 am

Still mystified, something has gone wrong, if not the damper (mounted from chassinr 521204 and forwards on turbo models according to Haynes) did it, has the leaver (i hope thats the right term) jumped off or snapped? In that case why can I now manuver the cluch (without any noise)

The adjustment of the cable is almost at its end(after the adjustment) , but that could be right if my cluch is worn... still puzzeld...

And in the Swedish version of Haynes, its mentioned, that there are differences between turbo and others. But no schematics or pictures to say if itÂ´s on the end of the cable...

Bying myself a towline and going for that moosehunt after all...

Thanks for all your help, will keep u posted on what I find out.... //CY