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300TDi Clutch fork.


Les Henson

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I replaced a seriously wrecked clutch master on a very nice 300TDi CSW today. However, the pedal is almost rock solid (yes I did do the job properly :angry: ).

Anyway, what small movement there is causes a horrid creak from inside the bell housing.

Took the slave cylinder out and it's fine and recently-ish replaced too.

Seems to me that the pivot ball has punched through the fork, as the clutch was replaced by Frogs Island 5-years ago. I would have thought that professional bodies would replace the fork as a matter of course if it's a known problem. Perhaps not, but I wasn't aware that the 300TDi/R380 set up was prone to this problem as well?

Les. :)

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Yep they fail, mine went about 100K miles, I know someone else who had the same problem. Must be a big problem cos they were back ordered at Land Rover about a year ago. The pattern ones i've seen look exactly the same as the Genuine ones...

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They do go.

For info, I have read somewhere that later Genuine forks are an improved design, I think they are a little bit thicker, so what you buy as a "new genuine part" now is supposed to be better than what you would find fitted to an original 300tdi if it hadn't been changed.

A pattern one I have seen failed in just a few months....

I am told that a common mod here, years ago, was to get the cup out of the bottom of a drop arm ball joint kit and weld that over the back of the fork, its about the right shape apparently :)

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As you commented in our secret moderators forum a moment ago, I have a credibility problem, so I expect everybody will ignore my disjointed ramblings anyway :P:lol:

Your credits fine with me, & reputation intact :D sshh don't tell everyone about our secret place :rolleyes:

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Your credits fine with me, & reputation intact :D sshh don't tell everyone about our secret place :rolleyes:

What do you mean don't tell them? People should be paranoid that we have a secret forum in which we gossip about other members of the forum and plot evil things against them like nobbling their post counts :o

Must admit though it was more fun when all mods could change people's titles on UBBthreads :rolleyes:

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yep, 300Tdi's are definatly prone to this problem, mine went last summer, 220 miles from home, on a baking hot day, with a huge trailer on the back.... :angry:

7 hours on a flat-bad taxi later.... :(

i welded a plare onto the back of the new arm, and theres no chance of that punching through.... B)

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What do you mean don't tell them? People should be paranoid that we have a secret forum in which we gossip about other members of the forum and plot evil things against them like nobbling their post counts :o

Must admit though it was more fun when all mods could change people's titles on UBBthreads :rolleyes:

:lol: yep,maybe your right :ph34r::ph34r:

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Seen the washer welding trick, and rather sadly I thought to myself "that's pretty carp welding"

Yes, altering titles was a laugh, blame Bully Beaumant. When he comes back from skiving we should take him round the back of the bike sheds and give him a damned good thrashing!

Les. :)

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don't think so, i think a V8 one is the same as a Td5 one, big solid cast thing that should never break in a million years, but won't fit a 300 AFAIK. Maybe you can with some modifications? would be a lot better anyway!

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don't think so, i think a V8 one is the same as a Td5 one, big solid cast thing that should never break in a million years, but won't fit a 300 AFAIK. Maybe you can with some modifications? would be a lot better anyway!

Ah I see a slight problem in my suggestion :o ooppss.

AFAIK they do fit a 2.5td and I am fairly sure they fit a 200tdi but are the 200 and 300 tdi forks the same?

Not sure on this as I have never done a 300.

SG

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