Blobeye stiff clutch, time for replacement?
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Blobeye stiff clutch, time for replacement?
My new Blobeye's clutch is very stiff, and the biting point seems to be very high. I'm thinking it's time for replacement but wanted to check I'm not being paranoid.
Could also do with a bit less effort required to change gear. The guy I got the car from said it had a "shot shift gearbox", which I presume actually means there's a short shift kit fitted. It's a bit uncomfortable for a daily driver methinks.
Could I get the shift mechanism from an STi as an inbetween?
Also, I've noticed that the steering is very light. Is that normal?
Could also do with a bit less effort required to change gear. The guy I got the car from said it had a "shot shift gearbox", which I presume actually means there's a short shift kit fitted. It's a bit uncomfortable for a daily driver methinks.
Could I get the shift mechanism from an STi as an inbetween?
Also, I've noticed that the steering is very light. Is that normal?
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My new Blobeye's clutch is very stiff, and the biting point seems to be very high. I'm thinking it's time for replacement but wanted to check I'm not being paranoid.
Could also do with a bit less effort required to change gear. The guy I got the car from said it had a "shot shift gearbox", which I presume actually means there's a short shift kit fitted. It's a bit uncomfortable for a daily driver methinks.
Could I get the shift mechanism from an STi as an inbetween?
Also, I've noticed that the steering is very light. Is that normal?
Could also do with a bit less effort required to change gear. The guy I got the car from said it had a "shot shift gearbox", which I presume actually means there's a short shift kit fitted. It's a bit uncomfortable for a daily driver methinks.
Could I get the shift mechanism from an STi as an inbetween?
Also, I've noticed that the steering is very light. Is that normal?
The clutch is and has always been much stiffer than pretty much any other car I've driven,can't quote on a hawk sti I haven't driven one.
Also the steering is fairly light on my wrx blob too.maybe different type of rack & pump design between hawk sti and blob wrx? Perhaps sti hawk has progressive ps??
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I asked this question to my local dealer mechanic ages ago and they told me it is because the impreza has a pull clutch rather than the traditional push clutch which is why it feels hard work......I can't confirm that is why but that is what I was told
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Could possibly be why pedal is stiff,have you ever tried to move the clutch fork by hand on a pull type? I couldn't move it even with a spanner on it for leavage. I Suppose if the hawk sti uses push type then this could be the answer!
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