Seven Clutch

[CraigH]

I have a 98 Caterham Seven, 1600 X flow, 4 speed.... going to a car show last Fri and snap the clutch cable breaks at the pedal. I repaired and when I go to reinstall at the bell housing the fork has no return force to take it to the rear resting position. I assume there is some centering spring or some other mecahnism that has broken, lost, etc. Does this sound correct or could there be some other malady. Any advice would be greatly appreciated..Rather new to the Sevens and I obviously have little knowledge of the workings of this clutch
Regards
Craig

 

[Super 7]

My 7 is hydraulic. Last time I had a cable go slack, it was a bad throw out bearing and a broken fork.

 

[CraigH]

Thanks,,,,,, I had assumed the problem would require major surgery to remedy.....Now to figure out how to attack the problem....I bought the car assembled......looks to me that the engine will need to be pulled to get at the unit...oh boy..... here we go
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[kennypinkerton]

After watching the guys on top gear build one from scratch in 8 hours, I'd say you've probably got one of the easiest cars in which to pull an engine.

Good luck /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

It's best to pull the engine/gearbox as a unit on any Seven I've worked on. But those were all T/C cars. Dunno about the Caterham, but I would think they're the same.

Keep us informed?