Hi
Technical question i hope someone can answer! I had my clutch renewed on Transit connect 2003, they did a new clutch complete, skimmed the flywheel and changed gearbox oil. About 500 miles/2 weeks later I went to change down gears and and was a terrible crunch as if I hadn't got the clutch pedal down properly [I had], changed down into next gear and another terrible grinding noise followed by no drive at all.
Following a long recovery, took the car to my local garage [who didn't do the clutch] and they found that the drive shaft should have a circlip around the shaft end to stop it from coming apart. This they say was not only missing there were no bits in the housing and their opinion was it was for some reason as a result of the clutch. They couldn't see how the shaft could have remained in place for years without the circlip in place. The spline on the end of the shaft was completely destroyed.
I have formally complained [can I name admin?!] to the clutch repairer and they say it was not them and they didn't take apart the housing that housed the circlip. I know nothing of these things but it seems a bit of a coincidence and |I wondered if any experts out there could advise me? TIA