Team Hyundai-Back at it again….

The newest member of the Roy’s Staff is Jamie Schuchart.  He’s a Chevy man by heart, but he’s getting his baptism by gear oil for his new found love, Hyundai Clutch Jobs.  This will be his second one in over a month.  Not to mention that his first one that he did had to be pulled 7 times.  Not by any mistake of his own.  Multiple parts failures caused that original unit to be pulled many times.

This has left us with a new approach to Hyundai Clutch replacement.  The Hyundais of the late 90′s and early 2000′s used a “pull” type clutch pressure plate.  This adds a new angle to the way clutches normally function.  Most times when you push the clutch pedal it pushes the fluid in the Clutch Master cylinder which forces fluid into the Clutch Slave cylinder pushing the clutch release lever which pushes a release fork to make the pressure plate release.  Hyundai changed one step in that process instead of pushing the fork, it pulls it.  This pulling motion puts added strain on the fork and lever assembly and in most cases causes that fork and rod to twist beyond it’s normal position and damages the rod.  This twisting will cause premature clutch wear due to reduced clutch pressure plate movement causing more drag on the clutch disc.

Good fix is to replace with matched clutch kit and new release fork and rod assembly.  This one’s on the lift now….more information as the job progresses….  All parts are here for the repair.