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97 kia sportage clutch?

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Anonymous-0

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hey folks,
had the clutch replaced on my kia about a year ago. Every now and then after a real hard run on the autobahn or pulling a trailer things smell a little clutchy. Never really gave much thought to the fact that the clutch doesn't engage until right at the top of the pedal travel (within 2 inches).
Drove my wife's Kia sorento today and the clutch starts to engage or disengages at the bottom of the travel. It's hydraulic so don't know if it can be adjusted, but what could cause this (or is it not an issue)? When the clutch was done, the slave cylinder was replaced also.

Thanks,

Dave
 
(quoted from post at 19:49:53 07/08/10) What are you thinking pulling a trailer with a Kia?! You're just asking for trouble.
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Doesn't take an F650 to pull a couple horses or few bales of hay. I can pull 1.6 ton in the trailer has brakes. Guess you'd flip if you saw a passat station wagon pulling a 2 horse trailer :lol:

Little different conditions here.

Dave
 
Hello jr in ny,
That is not how it is done. The depth of the flywheel is the same after the face has been resurfaced. The amount removed from the face is also removed from the edge portion of the flyweel, where the clutch disk bolts to.
That keeps the original release distance the same, no shims required.
Guido.
 
guido, you are talking about a stepped flywheel. however after milling say .008 off of either a stepped or flat flywheel the clutch plate will be .008 closer to the back end of the crankshaft. napaguy
 
Hello napaguy,
I'm thinking more like class 8 truck then passenger truck. You are right.
Guido.
 
Dave, the 2-liter Kia Sportage used an 8-7/8" [or 225 mm] clutch. Now, pulling a 2-horse trailer or a load of hay is overtaxing a vehicle with a clutch that's less than 9" in diameter. I would think that a 10" clutch would be minimum for such a load...and I'd prefer an 11" clutch, if I had the choice.

That said, you need to see if there's an adjustment on the clutch linkage. With the clutch engaging at the TOP of the pedal travel, it makes me wonder if the pressure plate is fully engaged when the pedal is released. If it is, then your clutch is FLAT WORN OUT, and you're due for a replacement.

I drive a Pontiac Sunfire with a 5-speed and 122,000 miles, and my clutch has never been replaced. My engagement point is near the top of pedal travel...and I realize that pretty soon I'm gonna bite the bullet and replace the clutch. But I'd no sooner pull a loaded trailer with that 2.2L Pontiac than I'd walk through he11 in gasoline underwear...with that tiny clutch [same size as your Sportage, according to RockAuto.com], I'd be ASKING to get burned.
 
Nope...just funnin' with you. AutoZoo is for folks who don't have access to a REAL parts house.

[Although a lot of that Echlin electrical stuff back in the '70's WAS pretty crappy...]
 
thats ok buzzman, i was funnin too. a lot has changed since i started selling parts back in the mid seventies. some things for the better and some not.
 
My wife's ALMOST as much of a NASCAR fan as me, and she has a #55 MWR NAPA cap which my not-yet-3-year-old grandson just discovered this past week. When he saw it, he put it on his head and started singing, "NAPA know-how! NAPA know-how!"

Now, if we could just teach him his numbers, and to NOT root for the #24 like his daddy does...
 
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