Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 23:30:24 +0100 From: Clive Wilson <clivenopsamyday.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Stiff clutch
In article <0oamrt05b5aehhlbboofm343bhi7pjqtelnopsamcom>, Just Bob <uctraingnopsamanet.com> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 15:54:26 +0200, "Hilberty" <hilbertynopsamail.com> > wrote: > > >Thanks everybody for replies. > > > >My local dealer in France said that the original clutch of these cars is > >rather stiff and that I should change it to have a smoother one. > > > >Does anyone here knows if original clutch is 'normal' or > >'for bodybuilded only' ? > > > > When buying my NG, I test drove a used one with a mighty stiff clutch. > It was so hard to push that my left leg felt as if I had been working > out at the gym when done. When I got back in my Japanese car > immediately after, it took several minutes for my leg to get > accustomed to normal motion again so that I could drive the car. > The Salesman said it was normal for these cars to be that stiff. > (he drove the car out for me from the back lot so he knew what it > was like). > > I talked to another dealership later. They said "no way, that clutch > was bad". Sure enough, I drove another one and it was fine. My own is > stiffer than a hydraulic clutch, but still very easily pushed. > > I don't believe that a "replacement clutch" of any type will make it > easier to press the clutch *unless* there's something wrong with > your clutch. Huh? I'm not sure what you mean from your last paragraph. From my reading, it is stating the obvious i.e. "replacing it won't make any difference unless it was faulty, in which case there will be a difference." Please expand on what you mean. Mine too (a 1996 NG900) is extremely stiff - so much so that you can't really sit in traffic even for a few seconds without knocking it into neutral just to take the strain off your leg. Maybe a new cable might make a difference, but if it was solely due to this then I find it hard to believe the cable hasn't snapped long ago. What the hell can I do, without shelling out a great deal of money? Driving it on open roads is fine, but around town is fairly miserable - but you get used to it. My left leg is so well built by now I tend to walk in circles. CTW
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