Heavy Defender Clutch Pedal? LOF POWERspring fitting video, make that Land Rover clutch lighter!
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2020
- LOF clutches present the POWERspring, A nice cost effective upgrade to make the pedal lighter on the Land Rover Defender, Fits all models 300TDI, TD5 and TDCI From around 1994 onwards!
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Jesus! You missed out the bit about joining a gym and spending 6 months working on your hands and thumbs! It took 1.5 hours and much swearing to get the two ends of the spring into the bushes.
An instant change to the amount of force required to use the clutch. Well worth it for the cost 👍
Just ordered a spring...
Sounds like a joyous job according to the comments 😂😂
Not as easy as you would have me believe! But what I did in the end was to compress the spring in a vice and then tie the ends in with a couple of lengths of wire.
Worked like a charm!
Bit of experimentation but I closed the gap to about 40-45mm and it pretty much dropped straight in. There's a lot of potential energy in there so I took the precaution of putting a tying the spring to the vice so that it could only 'pop' an inch or so.
He must have had got an old soft spring and painted it green. Well I did manage it after 5 hours!! I clamped the spring in a vice so the two end were parallel and used two strong zip ties to hold them in that position. Then the hard part - getting the pins into the holes without breaking the ties or the spring jumping out of the lower slot. Very light now though.
Excelente vídeo!!! Estava há algumas horas tentando, porém depois do vídeo, em 10 minutos instalei a mola.
Brilliant video. My 300tdi clutch pedal is sticking down, or halfway. Going to try these tips before letting the dealer charge me an arm and a leg to fix it.
Easy job with the helpful video
Just fitted the spring and power master cylinder to my 2000 defender. Easy job and what an improvement. Well recommend.
Thanks Roy!!
@@lofclutches4156 do you have a link to buy anywhere?
@@lambrettaluke Sure thing! lofclutches.com/shop/clutches/pedal-assist-products/l-o-f-powerspring-pedal-assister-kit/?v=79cba1185463
Just fitted mine Luke, went in easy, noticed the difference for sure. Next job is the power save.
Are you sure it was a LOF spring??
Td5 install help. Just a few tips that might help. The later td5s and pumas seem harder to do ... Few pointers
Remove all the Matt's and carpets..you can just push the factory installed floor mat up past the hand brake but you need to be down to the floor panels to get the clutch to compress
Remove the pedal rubber (every millimeter counts 😏)
Later td5s have the long spring, they also have the rubber carpets above the pedals..don't bother trying to access the fastener that attaches the spring you will probably end up bending the panel holding the carpet in place and losing the will to live in the process,... Just snip it as close to the bolt as possible.
That Jack handle he uses is perfect but needs a few blocks of wood against the seatbox to space it . (A piece of slate batten instead of the jack handle cut to length would also work)
Whichever you use make sure the clutch pedal is hitting the floor panels.
Even with all this done it's a still test of strength to get the spring ends in the holes.. I found doing the one nearest driver's door easiest to do and the second then goes in easier. Dont give up! It will go!
Just fitted an lof extreme clutch and they are 'extremely' heavy... With the clutch spring installed it's no heavier than my fiesta. Great products👍😃😃
I just keep a length of timber under the seat to wedge the pedal down. Also good for testing brake lights
Just fitted mine - what a phaf getting the two springs seated - I ended up locking a small set of mole grips on to one of the spring ends, then locked a second set of mole grips onto the first set, and with that I was able to enough force seat each ending to its bush.
2002 td5 defender fitting. This guy's thumbs must have hulk like strength ! Clutch pedal to the metal floor , Mole grips, levers, blood , despair .... Allow yourself a good couple of hours (remember once you fatigue off the original tab there is no going back)
Just trying to fit mine now 99 TD5 snd feeling violent towards the guy in this video suggesting it’s easy
My thumbs are dead and not got anywhere near getting it in yet
I suppose it is a lot easier to do this on a car with the steering wheel on the left...the right side 😆
Can you do fitting instruction for the 300tdi Discovery?
It’s a ten minute job……..unless you have carpets! Good improvement though !
Please tell me how you did it!?
*Save your thumbs* I followed all the instructions and still couldn’t compress the spring far enough. I managed to get it on by preloading the spring with some grips and holding it in place with strong zip ties first. Also opened up the the receiver tabs a little and bending them back once installed. (110 TDCi Puma)
Even with the bolt removed from the back of the pedal box completely the spring is nowhere near close enough to get into the bushes by hand. Am I missing something? It's a 2004 td5
I had same problem and I think the video and instructions significantly understates the difficulty that may be encountered in some cases caused by the differences in dimensional consistency of Defenders. My Puma was impossible to fit and I’ve reinstalled the original.
I used a pair of long nosed mole grips, and a piece of wood to keep the clutch to the deck. It was a struggle but managed it.
I’m on a 2.4 Puma Defender with carpets and this is impossible to fit. I’ve taken out the mats and got the pedal wedged in the carpet with the bolt almost out. I am still about 6mm short of getting the ends in. The carpets are a mission to remove as it goes up behind the centre console and over the transmission tunnel. So at a bit of a loss now. I think if you had bear metal floors it would be ok.
Rad make sure you have moved the centre tab that is not in use (old coil type spring mount) The Spring will not fall into place with pedal fully down, it will still need compressing into place, you can if needed use a cable tie to pin the spring ends together while fitting!
@@lofclutches4156 thanks for the Saturday reply! :)
It’s down enough that the tab isn’t in the way (struggled to snap that off also) but my thumbs can’t compress the spring enough to make the holes…. Looking again I’m actually over 1cm away. The pedal is approximately vertical… can’t get it any further back.
Why dont you show us how to do it with everything in situ in the footwell....that would be great.
We could do this but it would be very hard to video and keep focus on the spring in a dark footwell!
Hi do you know where I can buy replacement bushes?
Hi there, yes we have them as a pack of 3 on our site for around £3.50
Do you make one for a 1986 military 90?
HI Alan, I am afraid not, but you can use the LOF POWERmaster instead!
I lost my sanity trying to get this thing it, but it didn't even come close, what am I missing... (1999 td5)
Hi Finn, Have you wound the bump stop all the way out? If you need any help feel free to send us an email!
İs it suitable for discovery td5 2003 ?
Hey no it will not but you can use the LOF POWER slave :)
Why is this not on every manual clutch vehicles??
Most manual vehicles have a clutch return spring, we just designed one stronger to help with assisting the weight of the clutch!
My thumbs are destroyed
Not quite as easy as you made it look on my 110 puma. But it's done after lots of swearing and sheer bloody-mindedness.