From the workshop
The clutch master and slave had already been changed. With the gearbox out, Elliot found the clutch fork had snapped, and there was a lot of play in the dual mass flywheel too.
44 seconds, with captions. Full transcript below.
Okay, so this was a Mini Cooper 1.6 diesel that we had in.
The customer from Kingswinford had, um, already changed the, the clutch master and the clutch slave because they reported that they couldn’t get a clutch pedal.
So when we stripped the gearbox out, we found that the clutch fork had actually snapped.
So this was preventing any movement on the clutch pedal.
This is quite common on these engines.
Um, we also noticed a lot of play in the dual mass flywheel, so changed the clutch fork, dual mass flywheel, clutch kit, bled the system up, and that was the next one ready to go.
A clutch pedal that does nothing normally points to the hydraulics first, which makes the master and slave the obvious parts to change. On this Mini they had already been changed and there was still no pedal. The fault was further along: the clutch fork had snapped, and it came to light once the gearbox was stripped out.
If new parts have gone on and the fault is still there, tell us what was changed. It narrows down where to look and saves going over the same ground. Elliot says a snapped clutch fork is quite common on these engines, so it is worth bearing in mind on a Mini Cooper 1.6 diesel with no pedal.
Getting to the fork means taking the gearbox out, and that opens up the clutch and flywheel as well. Here there was a lot of play in the dual mass flywheel, so the fork, the flywheel and a clutch kit all went on together. Doing them at once means the gearbox does not have to come back out for a flywheel that was already worn.
The clutch replacement page covers what actually decides the price, how to tell a worn clutch from a hydraulic fault, and the full job step by step.
Clutch replacement, explained properlyEvery one filmed in the Dudley workshop, with the mechanic who did the work explaining it.
See all workshop videosCall Elliot or Keith with the registration, what the car is doing and anything that has already been changed, and you’ll get a straight answer on what to check next.