Steve Strain
February 5th, 2007, 12:37 PM
This is really an Alfa issue but I wonder if anyone has the same problem and if so what did they do to solve it?
Any suggestions will be great fully received!
Here is a description (in no particular order).
When maneuvering the Stratos in and out of the garage (or any where for that matter) on light clutch and little/slight throttle the clutch judders (shudders?). However when doing say a “hill start” with the clutch under load it doesn't. The juddering may be worse when reversing.
The judder got so annoying that recently I had a local "European Specialist" replace it (and also fix the oil leaks they were supposed to have fixed some time ago before I put the engine in). They told me it was a faulty clutch.
When the old clutch was replaced it came out dry as was the gearbox input shaft seal and engine rear main seal so I am happy that oil contamination was not the cause. There was clear evidence of high spots on the old friction plate.
The new clutch, pressure plate and bearing are brand new Valeo units and the fly wheel surface was machined.
There must now be high spots on the new friction plate for the juddering to be occurring again but could the real issue be somewhere else?
The clutch is a pull type as per the 164S using with my own (home made) copy of the required engine mounts. The engine mount rubbers are I believe Land Rover gear box (round with a rubber steel sandwich combination). These would be much stiffer than the original cars equivalent but perhaps similar to what the kit prescribes.
The top engine mount is a modified kit component mounted to the rear cross bar (similar location as to the 164 car).
When I rescued the engine from the wreck it had a hydraulic damper in the clutch line. I haven't reused this (in fact I am not really sure what it did). Could this be a contributing reason for it?
I had no such problem with the old Guy Croft beta unit but then it had two gearbox mounts.
Does anyone else have this juddering issue?
Thanks in anticipation
Steve
Any suggestions will be great fully received!
Here is a description (in no particular order).
When maneuvering the Stratos in and out of the garage (or any where for that matter) on light clutch and little/slight throttle the clutch judders (shudders?). However when doing say a “hill start” with the clutch under load it doesn't. The juddering may be worse when reversing.
The judder got so annoying that recently I had a local "European Specialist" replace it (and also fix the oil leaks they were supposed to have fixed some time ago before I put the engine in). They told me it was a faulty clutch.
When the old clutch was replaced it came out dry as was the gearbox input shaft seal and engine rear main seal so I am happy that oil contamination was not the cause. There was clear evidence of high spots on the old friction plate.
The new clutch, pressure plate and bearing are brand new Valeo units and the fly wheel surface was machined.
There must now be high spots on the new friction plate for the juddering to be occurring again but could the real issue be somewhere else?
The clutch is a pull type as per the 164S using with my own (home made) copy of the required engine mounts. The engine mount rubbers are I believe Land Rover gear box (round with a rubber steel sandwich combination). These would be much stiffer than the original cars equivalent but perhaps similar to what the kit prescribes.
The top engine mount is a modified kit component mounted to the rear cross bar (similar location as to the 164 car).
When I rescued the engine from the wreck it had a hydraulic damper in the clutch line. I haven't reused this (in fact I am not really sure what it did). Could this be a contributing reason for it?
I had no such problem with the old Guy Croft beta unit but then it had two gearbox mounts.
Does anyone else have this juddering issue?
Thanks in anticipation
Steve