Had a garage look at the clutch and they recon it's the thrust bearing. Spoke to them a couple of times and one guy said it had "blown up" and the 2nd said it looks like it the metal ring that's popped off. I know that when it was fitted it came with a new bearing so i'm doubting it had gone completely and hoping that the ring has popped off.
Is there anyway to ensure, that if it is the ring, it does not pop off again?

 

yes buy a new one and install it yourself then you will not have to worrie again.

alot of work but worth it in the long run.

 

This might be a place to look if he indeed had pedal pressure (I.E.) it didn't stay collapsed on the floor. Since he doesn't have any the slave/master cylinder is a typical failure after a new clutch installation of older cars. The seals tend to fail after bleeding the system. You may have some luck just replacing the slave but they seem to fail together and if you don't do the master at the same time you usually have to do it shortly after the slave.

 

Not the first time someone has installed the throw out bearing incorrectly or damaged the locking collar during a clutch job. The symptoms would be the same as no pedal pressure. The bearing is most likely ok, just the locking ring on the pressure plate may be damaged. You might be able to just reinsert the throw out bearing into the pressure plate and make sure it locks in place this time......may not require major repair at all.

 

Same problem... looking for the leak right now.... actually on my way out there to get under the beast. ill let ya know what i find, do the same for me?

 

Spoke to the garage eventually and it's the locking collar for the release bearing. Seems it had either broken or just popped off. Now they are expecting me to foot the bill $600 approx, i'm not happy as I think they screwed up fitting it and it's just popped off

 

I can tell you that the wedge collar just doesn't "pop off". If they did the work which fitted your transmission to your engine, then they either:

1. Damaged the wedge collar either separating the transmission from the engine or during the install.
2. Didn't get the wedge collar situated properly during the mating of the transmission and the engine.

 

good thread!.... i just put in a new clutch with the engine and went to feel the clutch and it has no pressure and sticks to the floor. so i think this thread will help me out

 

this video shows how the wedge collar works and what happens if its installed wrong ("and you're left feeling pretty pissed"- guy that made the video) lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPCi4RpGQCU

 

Do the collars fail often? Cannot see how they would especially as it was a brand new thrust bearing and collar etc

 

Once again, they don't fail. They get damaged or installed improperly.

 

Sorry by fail i meant snapped etc, the garage seem to think the clip has shattered????

 

Thanks dudemaan that vid shows exactly the prob i was having, i could see it doing this through the inspection plate.

 

It's still the same. Unless the collar/ring is damaged during removal or installation, it doesn't snap, fail or break. However, they are fairly easy to damage.

 

Thanks Mahjik, just wanted to be 100% sure of that before i speak to the garage again.