Clutch Line Repair

daffyflyer · Postby **daffyflyer** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:46 pm

Bah, car went home on a flatbed today, the joys of DIY work

OK, basically the deal is, a clutch hard line was too close to the side of the engine bay, and with vibration, used the engine bay to wear a hole in itself...

What do people think the best way to repair this would be, can you do some soldering/braizing to it, or is it better to just replace the hard line?

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:30 pm

I wouldn't try patching. Minimum, cut out the damaged section and use tube union fittings to join in a few piece.
Best would be to replace.
I'm wrecking my NB, if it's the same and I think it basically is, I might be able to help you out...

daffyflyer · Postby **daffyflyer** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:44 pm

Matty wrote:I wouldn't try patching. Minimum, cut out the damaged section and use tube union fittings to join in a few piece.
Best would be to replace.
I'm wrecking my NB, if it's the same and I think it basically is, I might be able to help you out...

Ok, let me know, if it is the same, I would be interested :>

timk · Postby **timk** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:25 pm

MX-5 Plus sell a braided clutch line that goes from the master straight down to the slave instead of going over the engine and back. Might be worth looking into?

daffyflyer · Postby **daffyflyer** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:02 am

Does that replace the hard line that goes down to the slave too?

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:19 pm

do we have spare excess hardline anyway for this????

i thought that coil of hard line near the clutch slave was "spare" excess hard line incase something like this happended?? anyone trimed it down to save weight?

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:44 pm

saboteur wrote:MX-5 Plus sell a braided clutch line that goes from the master straight down to the slave instead of going over the engine and back. Might be worth looking into?

whats the benefit in this?

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:42 pm

wun911 wrote:do we have spare excess hardline anyway for this????

i thought that coil of hard line near the clutch slave was "spare" excess hard line incase something like this happended?? anyone trimed it down to save weight?

Wun, if someone told you this, then they should be hunted for sport.
The loop is there to absorb/dissipate vibration.

daffyflyer · Postby **daffyflyer** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:47 pm

Sucessfully replaced in a carpark in the dark with a sexy bit of braided line from Carco - Cheers Russell.

Replaces a million miles of hard line with like 100mm of braided - clutch feels better too now actually.


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