I was reading the scary drive home thread and was getting a little worried that I didn't do my Axle nuts up tight enough. What Torque should these be done.

2 issues I've got.

1) Still got shudder when engaging clutch. Already replaced slave cylinder and put new seals in Master (only had wrong seal kit, local mechanic did it and when to someone near by who told him the brake & clutch use same seal kit and that worked) Little worried it's too small a master cylinder and that's why it shudders for the first 1-2cm of release but fine after that. There's also a high pitched sound that I think is because the clutch doesn't have the spring.

2) It makes a nasty sound at the front left, a kind of grinding rubbing sound, I'd thought maybe the shoes where over adjusted but I had a local shop check the brakes after I put the stepped drums on (better safe ...) and they seemed ok other than a leaking cylinder (makes it pull to the right when braking). Worried it's the drive shaft as I couldn't get the axle off and a mini place said if the drive shaft is gone then it wouldn't come off.

Thanks for any help, sorry for the long post.

Paul

I would be checking the pressure plate 4 sure. I had similar probs years ago and that was the cause



When doing what? Braking, turning, accelerating, going over bumps?

Could be ball/pot joints, knuckle joint on the end of your suspension trumpet, half dead dog that you ran over last night....

1) What should I check with the pressure plate. This might be related to problem 2 as both started around the same time.

2) When moving, not necessarily turning. Don't think it's the ball joint. Thought it might be a bearing.

ah....from your answer to 1. you might need to look at replacing the thrust bearing. That could give shudder and nasty crunchy grindy noises!

Is that hard/expensive?? How long does that take in labour?

Thrust bearing can be done in the car. Couple of hours, tops, depending how much crap (eg booster) has to be moved to get the clutch cover off.

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