Just had the clutch re-done on my 86 740 turbo, 185,000km. I'm not a mechanic, but wnt to know what's being done to my car. Especially $1200 later!
Symptoms: clutch low, have to press right to floor, shifting starting to feel a bit notchy
History: Clutch re-done at around 100,000 km. Hydraulic clutch bled 2 weeks ago, which caused no change.
Report after re-build: "45% left on clutch, problem likely due to flywheel not being machined last time, but can't really tell. (after follow-up with previous mechanic) "Can't tell if it was a pressure plate problem."
Previous mechanic: Say's that if it was a flywheel problem it would have caused shuddering. More likely that it was a pressure plate failure.
So my questions are, is a pressure plate likely to fail after 80,000 km? Could not machining the flywheel cause this problem? Which is the more likely cause? Any consequences for how we drive, reliability, next likely problem?