405 Clutch

I may have a problem with my 405 GLX TD clutch.

Despite having covered 142,000 mostly motorway miles, the clutch is fine.
It doesn't slip and although it bites fairly high (as can be expected) all
is well.

Unfortunately, every now and again when depressing the pedal it suddenly
snaps down an extra inch or so with a clicky-clunky sort of noise which can
be felt through the foot. If the pedal is brought up and depressed again
everything is fine. It feels like a problem with the linkage to the pedal.

Any ideas?

KW

 

I had a 405 and was more than happy with it. the problem with mine was a few
of the springs in the pressure plate had broken.does the clutch seem hard to
press?
there is also a small white plastic pivotal device that goes from the bottom
of the pedal to the cable that wears out.
when I first realised that the pedal was becoming hard to press this moulded
part snapped and after discovering the problem I thought id cracked it.
only for a few weeks though, it broke again!(because of the effort required
to press it.
hope this helps
Tony

 

I think it's the earlier model which had the plastic bit on the pedal. A
friend of mine got though 2 or 3 in his.

Mine is a '95 model. The clutch pedal is fine and doesn't seem to require
any more effort than when I first bought it 6 years ago.

 

mine did this,there is an adjuster clipped to the steering rack(not that you
can adjust it though)i replaced the cable and it cured it.
95, hunter model,but I think all the cables are the same.

Gary