Hi all, need some ideas, my son's R50 starting doing this last week. 2006 R50, manual trans.

With the engine running the car will not go in gear. With the engine off, no problems.

I've checked and bled the hydraulics, no leaks. The fluid was the color of coffee. All clear now.

When you engage the clutch pedal it makes a slight scraping noise. I'll attach a video. I'm not sure the sound comes through in the video.

 

 

I was thinking about this some more and one possibility is that the clutch fork is bent. Not sure if you can diagnose this without dropping the gearbox. The slave cylinder hole does give you a view on a small part of the fork

 

Mine did the same thing. It was an issue with the clutch assembly. For some reason the new LUK brand clutch had decided it would not engage. (It was a few months old and had worked). I swapped the clutch for a Valeo brand and no more issues. You can read more about it here. https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-ideas-13.html

Issue stars around post #304 and goes on to #340

 

Appreciate you for the replies, sirs.

If anyone else had some experience with this I’d be interested to here about it

 

going to read through this

 

thats was very helpful. thank you. your situation sounds very much like mine. looks like im in for a new clutch...

 

Glad it was helpful!

 

here we are again my friends. waiting on parts

 

We've all been there, hopefully your new clutch will show up soon.

I'm hoping I don't have to take out the subframe anytime soon. Funny to see some many people have that type of transmission floor jack. Here in Europe it's either the Draper or Sealey brand, in the USA it always seem to be the HF or Pittsburgh.

 

ha! yes sir, HF trans jack, see it all over the forums.

have you had a chance to test your clutch yet?

here is the one that i ordered: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/min...ooper-52001202

 

Not yet, waiting for a new slave cylinder so I can bleed the system. Fingers 🤞 my issue is that simple.

 

Definitely a clutch issue , because I recently purchased a JCW with this exact same problem and after tearing down discovered clutch & throwout bearing shot…

 

thank you for the reply, tombstone. I'm taking the opportunity to do some other needed maintenance while the subframe is out

 

no activity on the clutch replacement yet. i was able to do some work on the subframe while it is out.

-new control arm bushings
-new swaybar bushings
-new inner and outer ball joints
-new power steering hoses and reservoir
-new tie rods (not installed just yet)

Note on the control arm bushings, this (pic attached) assembly lube makes install a breeze. without it, nothing but curs words...

 

That subframe looks like new! Did you respray it or are you in a rust free state? New seen one that clean here in The Netherlands.

 

All I did was degreaser and a quick power wash. It was full of grim (power steering leaks)

we are in the south

 

I got the trans out. Looks like it had the stock clutch (Luk) in it. Looked ok at first, was not too worn, but then, on closer inspection, THIS. The pressure plate is broken! Everything else was in order. So mystery solved. I'm going to replace and put everything back together.

 

Woah that's quite bizar. Glad you found the issue and thanks for sharing. Never seen this before.

 

yes sir, if it were a bit to the right i would not have seen it. would've been hidden behind the outer shell of the pressure plate