ClutchReplacement

Clutch replacement at PRO SERVICE (Batumi, Airport Highway 212): disc, pressure plate, release bearing, and when needed the flywheel and hydraulic cylinders. From … GEL, time 1 working day. Before removing the gearbox we check that the problem is not in the hydraulics.

Signs of a worn clutch

• Slipping: on a hill or when overtaking the revs rise but the speed does not. A burning smell.
• The clutch bites at the very top of the pedal travel — the disc is almost worn out.
• Judder when pulling away — oil on the disc, warped flywheel or pressure plate.
• Noise with the pedal pressed — release bearing; noise with the pedal released — more often the gearbox input shaft bearing.
• Gears grind going in, clutch drag — the pressure plate or hydraulics do not fully disengage.
• Pedal sinks or stays on the floor — master or slave cylinder, fluid leak.

What we replace and why as a kit

Disc, pressure plate and release bearing usually go together. Most of the labor is pulling the gearbox, and paying for that twice makes no sense. We also assess:

• Dual-mass flywheel (on many diesels and powerful petrol engines). A knock when switching the engine off and excessive play are signs of wear.
• Crankshaft and input shaft seals. Oil on a new disc means slipping again unless the leak is fixed.
• Cylinders, hose or cable.

Pedal feels wrong but the clutch doesn't slip? Sometimes a new master or external slave cylinder is enough, with no gearbox removal. A concentric slave cylinder sits inside the bell housing, so it is replaced with the gearbox out — usually together with the clutch kit.

How the job goes

1. Checks: slip test in a high gear, bite point, hydraulic leaks.
2. Gearbox removal. On all-wheel drive the transfer case and propshaft come off too — so it takes longer and costs more.
3. Inspection of flywheel, seals, fork and guide tube; we show you the worn parts.
4. Fitting the kit, bleeding the hydraulics, road test.

On Adjara's mountain roads and in Batumi city traffic the clutch works hard — hill starts wear the disc fastest. The dry clutch in DSG gearboxes is replaced with its own procedure and relearn: see DSG repair.

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