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MG MGF Technical - Juddery Motion ?!?!

Hi again,

Following on from the excellent response to my petrol smell question, here's another.....

When I pull away I get a slight juddering feeling through the steering wheel.

Is this the clutch on the way out? Or may be the clutch pressure plate?

Has anyone else experienced this?

By the way, I do look after my F, I just have these two problems to solve!

On a non technical note.....does anyone have a Foxster windstop they'd sell to me?

Many thanks!
John.
John

I had this too... but even worse (whol;e dash started to judder!)
>clutch deformed due to overheating (going slowly rearwards steep uphill was my cause) due to wear & tear

try to overheat it again to make clutch disc smooth again (as I did, judder disappeared!), but reserve some £££ in near future to replace clutch (engine blew up 1 month after this and they replaced it at same time at no-cost regarding labour since they had to take off clutch anyway!)
Dirk

John,

Does your steering wheel vibrate slightly whilst stationary ? I have the judder but also this vibrating thing as well.

Gaz
Gaz

Gaz,
My steering wheel only judders when I pull away. Whilst stationary it's fine. (I think).

Dirk,
I'm not too sure on this making it hot to fix it thing! I might just live with it the way it is!!

Thanks!
John Samson

I find the rear brakes tend to jam a little on the disk after being parked up, particularly in the wet. This can cause a little resistance as you pull away.

Could be the clutch, but I would NOT advise you to try and burn the clutch flat and when I hear Dirk say things like this I really do wonder about the reasons for some of his problems. This suggestion could be an entry in a book called "How to F**k your car".
Tony Smith

This thread was discussed on 27/04/2001

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