I recently had a new clutch kit fitted (organic clutch, DMF, pressure plate, slave cylinder), and noticed that the biting point is now a lot higher than it was when i had the standard clutch in. The biting point with standard clutch was almost at the very bottom of the pedal so required only a slight lift of the foot to engage it, however since having the work done it pretty much engages straight away as soon as the you push past the slack in the pedal. 
 

Is this correct or is something wrong? As i was under the assumption that new clutches have a lower engagement & worn ones have a higher engagement? ive only done around 80 miles in it so far

It should not be as you describe, It has been installed incorrectly, they put the friction plate in the wrong way round in all likelihood I'm guessing.

Does it have the self adjusting clutch? 

Id definitely be bedding it in for around 3-500 miles. No harsh acceleration or load on the clutch. But I guess you maybe have already done that?

A new clutch doesn't need bedding in, it works as it should immediately if it's been installed correctly.

Can't agree with that one

35 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

It should not be as you describe, It has been installed incorrectly, they put the friction plate in the wrong way round in all likelihood I'm guessing.

If it was actually the wrong way round how would it affect the car in general? Obviously the car runs fine at the moment etc

35 minutes ago, Blue8793841 said:

Does it have the self adjusting clutch? 

Not a clue to be honest with you?

34 minutes ago, Thompa021 said:

If it was actually the wrong way round how would it affect the car in general? Obviously the car runs fine at the moment etc

 

If it's the wrong way round it makes the biting point very high like you describe, I've been on here for nearly fifteen years and it's happened more than once before with VRS clutch installations, if you look at the friction plate you'll see the boss in the middle sticks out slightly more on one side, that's the side that needs to face outwards IIRC.

23 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

 

If it's the wrong way round it makes the biting point very high like you describe, I've been on here for nearly fifteen years and it's happened more than once before with VRS clutch installations, if you look at the friction plate you'll see the boss in the middle sticks out slightly more on one side, that's the side that needs to face outwards IIRC.

Cheers, Would it have any negative effect other than a high biting point? Excessive wear etc?

10 hours ago, Thompa021 said:

Cheers, Would it have any negative effect other than a high biting point? Excessive wear etc?

 

I don't think so, and it may get better as one face of the friction plate wears slightly.

1 hour ago, sepulchrave said:

 

I don't think so, and it may get better as one face of the friction plate wears slightly.

So do recon i could just leave it as is and forget about it? I dont particularly want to question the guy that did it for me as hes a good friend and been a mechanic for decades, so wouldnt want to insult his intelligence in any way.. and i dont currently have the time to do it myself which is why i got him to do it in the first place. 

1 hour ago, Thompa021 said:

So do recon i could just leave it as is and forget about it? I dont particularly want to question the guy that did it for me as hes a good friend and been a mechanic for decades, so wouldnt want to insult his intelligence in any way.. and i dont currently have the time to do it myself which is why i got him to do it in the first place. 

 

By all means, if you can live with the high bite then just leave it alone. It's not adjustable by the way, hydraulic systems never are.

50 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

 

By all means, if you can live with the high bite then just leave it alone. It's not adjustable by the way, hydraulic systems never are.

Spot on thanks a lot mate i appreciate it