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It is possible that 'Yes' the clutch is going. Normally in most modern cars the PEDAL can be adjusted a small amount inside the car but the BITE cannot! The whole system is hydraulic and self adjusting. The only parts that can be altered are inside the transmission case. Basically you have to drop the gearbox off to do anything and replacing a clutch Involves basically the same work.
The reason for the high biting point is simple. The clutch is made of 3 main components. The pressure plate friction plate and the release bearing. The more times clutch is depressed the concentric spring fingers wear in 2 ways . Firstly by good old metal to metal rubbing and secondly the concentric spring fingers don't return as far as a new one causing the release bearing or csc to adjust . When the pressure plate concentric spring gingers wear they don't sit proud and require more pedal effort to depress. . When they loose there spring like feature they require a greater distance from the release bearing. Or it has to travel further to depress them to lift The pressure plate and fee the friction plate from the lay shaft on which it is splined onto to give you drive once released. The further back the bearing has to travel to allow the fingers to clamp the pressure plate to the friction plate . The more the clutch has become worn and unserviceable. Self adjustment on hydraulic clutches are a hard one to gauge as you have no idea how far the piston has moved out to compensate for this wear . With a cable you can physically see the wear and adjust . High biting points on any car are useless. You want a biting point to be 2 to 3 inches from the top and not nearly level with the brake pedal. Anyway it seems apparent that Peugeot and Citroen both have high to almost no point at which they bite . I myself would modify this as an engineer. But it seems to be normal on these cats to have absolutely no biting point worth talking about. My sisters 2012 206 1.4 is a very high biting point and I myself would not be happy with it . It gives u no indication of a worn clutch if its self adjusting. Alll hydraulic clutches are self adjusting. So why are Peugeot and Citroens sooo high. Its ridiculous. A very idiotic idea and I'm taking it back with her and I'm complaining. Hopefully I should get somewhere and ill update you all
I have a renault megane scenic 1.4 16v 04 plate my clutch is extremely high I only have to push down a 1mm or 2mm for bitting point is there anyway I can adjust it I did take it back to the garage I bought it from and they just dismissed the issue saying it's fine the pedle is easy to push still the car has sone 77thousand miles thank you for any help
This sounds like you may have a leak in the hydrulics of the clutch, the clutch slave is not disengaging the clutch all the way, this is the reason for the low bite pedal and hard to get gears, the most common problem is the fluid is low due to a leaking slave cylinder, i would look around the clutch components for a leak, hope this helps.
Your car uses a hydraulic clutch, they are self adjusting and there is no way to adjust them provided, when the pedal engages near the top of its travel this means the clutch disk is worn out.
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