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Title: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: sanj on July 03, 2012, 08:48:49 pm

Just had my new clutch and DMF fitted to my Edition30 by my local VAG expert as well as the MK6 gti steering wheel and R32 style milltek,loving it but the clutch pedal is stiff as hell,will it settle down or do they all come like this?It's 100% better to drive already and I ain't mapped! :party:

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: gazbutS3 on July 03, 2012, 08:49:54 pm

I would say mine is a touch heavier on the pedal, but nothing to the levels you are describing

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: chungster on July 03, 2012, 08:52:56 pm

First 500 miles will be stiff yes.... But settles down after 1k miles. Will still be heavier than OEM tho

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: sanj on July 03, 2012, 08:54:24 pm

Thank's guy's,just what I wanted to hear,what a difference it is to drive though,i'm loving it! :happy2:

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: AndyED30 on July 03, 2012, 08:56:17 pm

You won't even notice it after a week. Be careful next time you drive a normal car though, your hoof will go clear through the footwell  :wink:

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: TT-Turbo on July 03, 2012, 08:56:47 pm

I thought the same when I had mine first in. Pedal feel was awful and was a bit nasty to pull away from (first 50-100 miles), also thought the pedal was massively heavy too. Now about 1,000 miles on it feel only slightly heavier than OEM and has a good biting point.

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: E30Dom on July 03, 2012, 08:58:56 pm

Yeah mines heavier than oem, and in traffic is a pain, but mines a daily driver and would consider it fine...

Have driven a racing paddle clutch with on/off action, now that is awful! lol

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: sanj on July 03, 2012, 08:59:53 pm

Thank's again guy's,wonder how it felt to get back into my Eddy after driving a YELLOW fiat 500(loan car),now that's torture! :jumping:

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: Matto on July 03, 2012, 09:27:44 pm

I had a Sachs clutch in my mk4 pd150 and that was quite heavy. The only way I found helped was to do some squats  :P

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: Bilo on July 04, 2012, 11:33:15 am

I take it that's an uprated clutch you're on about?

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: sanj on July 04, 2012, 01:50:53 pm

Yes mate,it's an uprated one I'm on about.

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: Cheeky on July 06, 2012, 06:20:25 pm

Does your sach's clutch judder on biting point? I’ve had a sach's clutch fitted about a month ago and it judders in first gear when pulling away and also when reversing, was just wondering if this is common with these types of clutches?

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: gazbutS3 on July 06, 2012, 06:24:40 pm

Quote from: Cheeky on July 06, 2012, 06:20:25 pm

Does your sach's clutch judder on biting point? I’ve had a sach's clutch fitted about a month ago and it judders in first gear when pulling away and also when reversing, was just wondering if this is common with these types of clutches?

I had a bit of a judder on a previous car when a sachs clutch was fitted, but it went away once bedded in. The one fitted in this car has never juddered at all

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: sanj on July 06, 2012, 06:29:29 pm

Quote from: Cheeky on July 06, 2012, 06:20:25 pm

Does your sach's clutch judder on biting point? I’ve had a sach's clutch fitted about a month ago and it judders in first gear when pulling away and also when reversing, was just wondering if this is common with these types of clutches?

Hiya,mines been perfect and the biting point is fine,pedal seems a little better now but i might have just got used to it!

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: Cheeky on July 06, 2012, 06:37:03 pm

Quote from: gazbutS3 on July 06, 2012, 06:24:40 pm

I had a bit of a judder on a previous car when a sachs clutch was fitted, but it went away once bedded in. The one fitted in this car has never juddered at all

Can you remember roughly how many miles before it was bedded in please?

Title: Re: Are all sach's clutch's this hard!
Post by: Cheeky on July 06, 2012, 06:41:04 pm

Quote from: sanj on July 06, 2012, 06:29:29 pm

Hiya,mines been perfect and the biting point is fine,pedal seems a little better now but i might have just got used to it!

Hi ya, mine was the same, pedal felt really hard for the first week or so, not sure if i got used to it or whether it's less heavy after a while!