Hi everyone, new on this forum, but long time owner.
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So here's a really odd one.
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Just before the lockdown started in March, I had a new clutch fitted to my Rev2 Turbo.
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I decided to go with a stage 1 Exedy, as a means of future-proofing, in case I run more boost at some point.
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The work was carried out by a very well-known MR2 specialist here in the North West, well, technically he's in North Wales, I'll leave it at that.
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Parts were supplied by the garage, except the fluid, which I asked to be flushed out for some Castrol SRF that I provided.
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My issue is as follows.
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I set the biting point myself so that it would match the point from the old clutch, and it does
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(about half way up the travel of the pedal).
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However, as the engine warms up, the bite point moves up as well.
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At normal operating temperature, the clutch bites at the very top of the pedal's travel.
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And I mean literally AT THE TOP.
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If you're driving along, as soon as you barely touch the pedal, the clutch disengages.
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It's incredibly annoying! Once the engine has cooled down, biting point returns to normal
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(about half way), and then when I drive it again, as the engine gets up to temp, bite point steadily moves up to the top of the pedal again.
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Spoke to the garage on the phone, they said they'd never had this happen and that they could look into it.
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Now the car is actually there for some other work, and they tell me that this is how uprated clutches behave, and that it's normal.
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They even claimed it's the same principle as having more aggressive brake pads, where the friction material grabs more with heat.
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And that's when alarm bells started ringing!!! I have Pagid RS29 pads on my other car and know exactly how they behave.
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If what they claimed was true, the effect would be the exact opposite.
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There's no leaks anywhere in the system, and part of the bottle of brake fluid I supplied, I had actually used in my other car a week prior, so I am positive it has nothing to do with that.
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I truly hope someone can shed some light on this.
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I like this new clutch, but am now seriously thinking about biting the bullet and going back to a stock clutch.
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Even if you don't know what the problem could be, do you think this is normal by any chance, because it certainly doesn't make any sense to me.
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Thanks