Biting point is at the top, very slight slipping. How long till it completly goes?

[Grahd]

For the past month I have had progressively worse juddering coming from my car which I have put down to the clutch, the biting point has also come closer to the top of the pedal as in if I rest my foot on the pedal it will knock the RPM up. I would say biting point is at 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch from the top.

I am driving carefully, making sure I handbrake neutral every stop so not sitting on the clutch whenever possible.

I was just wondering if with these symptoms I will be able to drive my car 30 miles a day for 8 days as that's all I need till it is repaired?

Cheers

 

[warwickstingray]

Re: Biting point is at the top, very slight slipping. How long till it completly goes

How long is a piece of string. My mum has now done 10k on a clutch in a TDCI focus that was slipping if you asked for any chunk of grunt. Avoiding slipping the clutch as much as you can and peak torque is all you can do. Biting point is high in these cars anyway mind. There could be something more sinister going on in there. Could you not hire a car for a week. It's not ridiculously expensive for a super mini these days.

 

[Grahd]

Re: Biting point is at the top, very slight slipping. How long till it completly goes

Thanks for the reply makes me feel a bit more confident in it. I have no money at the moment I am on holiday from the 29th and have spent literally every penny I own on spending money so that's why I'm hoping it will last so also can't afford a hire car at the moment.

I am taking it in for a clutch replacement and major service on the 19th of July so if there are further problems hopefully they can be looked into then.

 

[warwickstingray]

Re: Biting point is at the top, very slight slipping. How long till it completly goes

Fingers crossed for you. I also nursed a Peugeot 106 clutch with what turned out to be a broken cushion spring location for a couple of years (i don't do huge mileage as I cycle a lot) after my business failed. It only grenaded when my missus was learning to drive in it. Snapped a nice bit chunk of metal of the drive plate no other damage thankfully.