My clutch started making nasty screech noises when it was pulled.
It wasn't all the time, seemed to be worse when the engine got warmed up but very inconsistent and more likely to happen with light pressure on the lever... I had recently changed the O Ring seal on the slave piston and everything seemed fine with the bearing but that seemed like the obvious point of failure and would require a complete piston as my bearing and piston are one unit
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I pulled the cover off today and the bearing turned absolutly fine, no sign of any wear but then I cleaned off the face of the button in the center of the pressure plate and it was loose. Off came the pressure plate.
The center piece (button with a short locating spigot) from the pressure plate has cracked the three weld points and has obviously been spinning as the mating face to the plate is smooth and polished and I figure that is the noise I have been hearing.
Has anyone else had this happen and if so how did you re attach the parts? A New plate seems to be hens teeth rare and a pretty grotty used one is £££
Getting any kind of engineering work ie Braze or Weld is a bit difficult under lock down, would a cold weld epoxy be up to the task - Not sure how hot it gets in there.
Also any ideas what may have caused it to crack the welds? They are quite small "Tack" type.
Best wishes in these troubled times, Andy