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danCtdi

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On the way back from work went to give it a boot full in 4th and the rev counter got all excited but didn't tell the speedo, this coincides with a weird bumpy sensation when cruising at very light throttle.
I'm guessing it's going to be a phone call to Cg motorsport to get rid of Hondas rubbish clutch?
 
daniel said:
On the way back from work went to give it a boot full in 4th and the rev counter got all excited but didn't tell the speedo, this coincides with a weird bumpy sensation when cruising at very light throttle.
I'm guessing it's going to be a phone call to Cg motorsport to get rid of Hondas rubbish clutch?
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Sorry to hear this Daniel but its happened to the best of us.Get a CG one and you should be fine mate.
 
I've read about the switch issue car has 44k on it so I guess it's not done too bad compared to some I've read about. Does make me wonder how they get away with a design flaw like that though
 
You could check the switch mate, but once it slips, it' eventually toast. Go for the CG clutch, you'll never look back and let Linda know Fahad from Premier Tuning sent you and ensure you get the club rate (last time I checked it was around £810 fitted inc DMF)
 
Hi FAHAD

My clutch to seems to be slipping when booted hard on my 8th gen diesel.
As you know its been remapped & DPF removed I've got prices on LUK around £550 inc DMF but as its a taxi I would like less problems so who is CG I take it they make heavy duty clutches ?

Do you have their contact details mate & who to speak to as I'm looking at around £300/400 labour to fit this LUK .

This is not my kind of DIY job lol.
 
Check the cruise control switch on the clutch first.

What problem does this give ? Is it only when using the cruise control & where's it fitted at the pedal end ?
 
CG Motorsport clutches are developed for motorsport use, so are not particularly smooth... not ideal for a taxi. And they don't necessarily have a longer life, as that's not what they have been designed for (really for coping with large increases in torque).

Cruise control switch theory was mostly a bit of a red herring ... it was originally thought the switch was preventing the clutch pedal coming all the way back up, but it's now been seen many, many times that the I-CTDi problem is due solely to the weak springing on the LUK/Honda pressure plate (which is the same item used by CG Motorsport, unless you pay a lot extra for their new and untested replacement).

I tried to attach a few links to back up what I've said here, but the new forum won't let me! A lot more info on uprated clutches on the Civinfo forum, where many members have bought CG Motorsport clutches and provided reviews. Also an detailed article about the cruise control switch issue.
 
Hey Jon, useful info there mate. I'm just posting here to check the link issue you mentioned. Hopefully it gets ironed out soon as this is very useful indeed.

http://www.clutch-specialists.co.uk
 
Ok, no problem posting a link here :unsure: . Have another go mate. Just make sure, if you're posting from another forum, that there's no "s" at the end of http. As it may be a secure login and so the link won't work. Link should start "http" not "https". Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here mate.
 
Thanx for that Jon_G

CG coundn't help they can do nothing with the Gen 8 at this time any Gen 7 you can have solid flywheel & choice of clutches.

Just managed to get the last stock flywheel as theres no stock anywhere unless you pay Honda £1000 i paid £352.00 off Andrew Page Honda only clutch @ £233.00 with bearing.

Labour £210 mates rates. Tolal £795.00

Incidentally Honda quoted me Happy at £1040 all in, they were willing to go to Pages for the Flywheel to get my business not bad main dealers if your put it to um.
 
edgeoftime said:
Are you sure it was not the VSA restricting you? maybe the car is a better driver than you.
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No as the light flashes up on the dash when its activated also ive had it turned off to double check but thanx for the idea you never know.
 
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