ZT 190 - clutch bite point question

TBennet · 14th June 2021, 10:11

I find the clutch on my ZT different to any other car I've driven and I just want to know if others' experience is similar.

When coming off the clutch in my 190, the clutch will begin to bite and the car will start to move quite low down the pedal travel. So far so good.

I find though that full, final engagement of the clutch isn't achieved until my foot is almost off the pedal though.

The result is that you can think the clutch has engaged part way up, but if you just lift your foot off you'll get a jerk. Instead you have to continue to control the clutch all the way up the pedal travel to make for smooth changes.

I've had the car for 3 years and it's always behaved like this, so I assume it's by design. Most other cars seem to start to bite somewhere around the middle of the pedal travel, and finish pretty quickly, where as the ZT has this long bite travel. It's not so much a bite "point" as a general bite area.

Does you car do the same?

euro44 · 14th June 2021, 10:13

my zt-t is the same even after a complete clutch and cylinders change. easy to get used to if you dont need a racing start from the lights tho.

TBennet · 15th June 2021, 08:25

Thanks for the response. Especially the part about having changed the clutch and cylinders. I have been toying with the idea of changing the clutch, wondering if mine was on its way out. It's good to know mine isn't unique in this behaviour.

COLVERT · 15th June 2021, 17:44

My clutch starts to engage quite quickly. Only about an inch off the floor. Been like that for years.----

Slaya · 19th June 2021, 11:49

My ZT 160 bite point was just before the half way point.

A 190 ZTT courtesy car I borrowed a couple of years ago had a low bite point about an inch or so off the floor (once I had pumped the peddle to actually get it off the floor...)

Same with an Astra I have acquired, bites almost as soon as you lift off, then jerks a bit if you don't lift the peddle a certain way...

14th June 2021, 10:11	#1
TBennet Regular poster MG ZT-T 190 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Manchester Posts: 60 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	ZT 190 - clutch bite point question I find the clutch on my ZT different to any other car I've driven and I just want to know if others' experience is similar. When coming off the clutch in my 190, the clutch will begin to bite and the car will start to move quite low down the pedal travel. So far so good. I find though that full, final engagement of the clutch isn't achieved until my foot is almost off the pedal though. The result is that you can think the clutch has engaged part way up, but if you just lift your foot off you'll get a jerk. Instead you have to continue to control the clutch all the way up the pedal travel to make for smooth changes. I've had the car for 3 years and it's always behaved like this, so I assume it's by design. Most other cars seem to start to bite somewhere around the middle of the pedal travel, and finish pretty quickly, where as the ZT has this long bite travel. It's not so much a bite "point" as a general bite area. Does you car do the same?

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14th June 2021, 10:13	#2
euro44 Avid contributor mg zt-t 226th made from total of 396 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: chelmsford Posts: 155 Thanks: 175 Thanked 55 Times in 37 Posts	my zt-t is the same even after a complete clutch and cylinders change. easy to get used to if you dont need a racing start from the lights tho.

15th June 2021, 08:25	#3
TBennet Regular poster MG ZT-T 190 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Manchester Posts: 60 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Thanks for the response. Especially the part about having changed the clutch and cylinders. I have been toying with the idea of changing the clutch, wondering if mine was on its way out. It's good to know mine isn't unique in this behaviour.

15th June 2021, 17:44	#4
COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	My clutch starts to engage quite quickly. Only about an inch off the floor. Been like that for years.----

19th June 2021, 11:49	#5
Slaya Loves to post MG ZT V6 160+, MG TF 135, Focus 1.6 Zetec Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Coventry Posts: 285 Thanks: 129 Thanked 68 Times in 50 Posts	My ZT 160 bite point was just before the half way point. A 190 ZTT courtesy car I borrowed a couple of years ago had a low bite point about an inch or so off the floor (once I had pumped the peddle to actually get it off the floor...) Same with an Astra I have acquired, bites almost as soon as you lift off, then jerks a bit if you don't lift the peddle a certain way...