I'm just wanting to gauge peoples thoughts; i have had my rallye checked over and serviced by Dave at Grove Autos who has been very helpful with good advice to ensure i am not paying for things unless really needed. He is however really concerned that my clutch is on its way out as he says the pedal is unusally stiff, making an occasional creaking noise which is apparently very similar to another 306 gti6 he worked on before the clutch whent pop. The car seems to have been looked after reasonably well but with no service history its difficult to tell.
This being my first 306 rallye i was expecting the clutch to be stiff, which it is almost uncomfortably so. I suppose it only needed one owner to be aggresive with the car for the clutch to wear out quicker than expected.

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Lawrence

Ok cheers well as you say if the box is out then might as well do it all.

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Lawrence

I replaced my clutch cable the other day and hadnt realised just how stiff it had become until i fitted the new cable.

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Goldie the track car.

My rallye is just over 90k now and i have never changed the clutch cable First time the clutch was changed was around the 50k mark for me, hasnt been changed since.

Glad your getting on ok with Grove Autos

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Just Drive It

How many GTi6's has he worked on?

Collectively, we'd pretty much all tell you it's the fork bushes, or indeed the cable. Change the cable, and drive it. If it gives you grief and you wanted to change the fork bearings (specifically the bottom one) you'd need the box off so you may as well change the clutch whilst you're there.

Mileages mean nothing for a clutch. I've known people need them in HDi's at 40K, but my original is still going at 230+ (albeit slipping now). It depends entirely on how lazy the left foot of your previous owner was.

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I'm Si btw

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Cheers guys...i'm going to get the cable replaced and see how it feels. He has worked on a number of GTI6s so pretty sure he knows his stuff. As has been said if it was driven hard/lots of town driving the clutch is not going to be in great shape

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Lawrence