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Q & A: MGA Clutch
Wednesday December 10th, 2008
My 58 mga has clutch judder. Not much in reverse but in first gear after driving for 30 minutes. After driving for an hour or so, the oil from the rear crank seal is the size of a quarter on the ground. I don't know is the judder is from oil or from a bad clutch or a badly surface flywheel. The clutch does not slip once engaged.
Do you think the oil is causing the problem?
I would hate to resurface the fly wheel and change the clutch and have the same thing happen again!
Your oil leak is minimal, compared to all the other MGAs, so I would not ascribe your clutch shudder to oil. Nor would I think it was a roughed up flywheel. In nearly all situations the problem is a faulty clutch disc. There are six springs that ... read more
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It makes no difference how quickly your MG will accelerate if it cannot
stop! The proper functioning of your brakes must ALWAYS be at the
top of your list of priorities. You owe this degree of safety to yourself,
your passenger, and all others on the road.
John H. Twist (Fall, 1980)