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Hydraulic clutch conversion
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:53 pm
by 00outback
I'm thinking of a hydraulic clutch conversion for my Gen 1 Liberty just not sure which mobels had hydraulic clutches and how much would it cost to do.
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:16 pm
by vincentvega
why?
later model box into your car??
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:53 pm
by Captain Obvious
yeah why steve??
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:57 pm
by AndrewT
yer I'm also confused
why would you want to do that? are you changing for a late model gearbox which has hydraulic clutch actuation? or a turbo gearbox which uses a pull clutch?
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:47 pm
by 00outback
I was just thinking about it.
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:59 pm
by AndrewT
Not trying to be rude but just checking, do you know what the difference actually is? Alot of people confuse hydraulic clutch with pull clutch, they aren't the same thing. The fact that its "hydraulic" doesn't actually have anything to do with the clutch itself...
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:26 pm
by Captain Obvious
yeah wouldnt be worth doing unless you are going late model dual range which has all the stuff on the box to do with it.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:28 am
by twilightprotege
from my other cars i know i'd prefer a hydraulic operated clutch any day. my astina has a 2100lb pressure plate and is nice to drive every day in traffic. in comparison, another car i drove with a 1200lb pressure plate and a cable operated clutch was heavy as all hell
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:34 pm
by Matatak
twilightprotege wrote:from my other cars i know i'd prefer a hydraulic operated clutch any day. my astina has a 2100lb pressure plate and is nice to drive every day in traffic. in comparison, another car i drove with a 1200lb pressure plate and a cable operated clutch was heavy as all hell
Although it is true that in similair cars a Hydrualic Clutch will be softer/easier to operate than a cable it also does depend on the Leverage they are set up with off the Clutch Fork and at the Pedal. (less movement equals harder pedal)
On cable clutches the Cables can get tight and stop moving freely cuasing the the pedal to go hard also.
On a Cable Operated liberty there is little to gain fomr installing Hydraulic equipment into the car. it just means slightly softer pedal but along with that more items to fail (Master Cylinder, Slave Cylinder, Clutch Fluid Line) compared to replacing one cable
There is alot of People with EJ's and the EA boxes (ie. Cable clutches) using 1600pd pressure plates or higher and not having a problem.
my pressure plate is around 2100 pounds with a brand new cable and i wouldnt call it hard at all to use in traffic...but then again i am use to it