Clutch not adjusted

[eiluj]

I had a new clutch kit installed in June. I took the car back to the mechanic about a week after the work was done and told him the clutch didn't feel right, that it felt wrong, it felt like the clutch went to the floor to easily.

He told me it was cause it was new. I told him i didn't think so.

I took it back again about two weeks later as it was still not feeling right and the car was now making noise when i depressed the clutch and changed gears. Also the gear were now really hard to get in.

He rang and told me the gearbox had died.

Now the guy who installed my gearbox told me the clutch was not adjusted at all. That "it was just thrown in" and that i was quite right in my diagnosis of the clutch not engaging correctly.

Now my question is if a clutch is not adjusted right can it cause the gearbox to fail?

The gearbox failed within a month of the clutch being installed.

When i went back to the firm who was replaced the clutch they said the clutch being not adjusted correctly wouldn't make the gearbox fail. They also said this car had a hydraulic clutch when i booked it in. This time the head mechanic decided he wanted to check if it had a cable then he then said "whoops it has a cable maybe we didn't adjust it when we fitted the clutch."

I feel like I'm being lied to by them.

[svo supporter]

To a point a gearbox can fail with an incorrectly adjusted clutch is used. What would happen is you would stuff all the syncroes in the gearbox, if you were crunching the gears.



Otherwise, I can't see any other possibilities for an incorrectly adjusted clutch causing gearbox failure.

[eiluj]

ok thanks