[barry_stearman]

Quick update guys,
Right, i have seen where this clutch spring is fitted but it looks as if it assists in the pushing down of the pedal and not the return of it. So to that end i might have bought the wrong spring, however i fitted it anyway just in case they have made the new ones weaker to allow for the pedal to return easier. As you can see the new spring that i fitted is yellow and the one i removed was bare, so i don't know whether there is any meaning to it.
It doesn't take long at all (Took me about 10mins).
I pulled the retaining clip out from the clutch pedal side of the felt under panel and just twisted it out of the way to allow for better access.
Now for the fiddly bit, with one hand pushing the clutch pedal to the floor and the other hand using a screwdriver to gently prise the botton of the spring out of its recess, you can then use your third hand to push the bottom end of the spring up further into the cabin compartment. This allows you the room to remove the top end and let the spring to drop out to the floor.
To fit the new one first locate the top end of the spring then again with clutch pedal down use a screwdriver to prise the bottom of the spring back into its recess.
Replace felt under panel.
Job done!
Now i don't know yet if this has fixed the fault as i might have just fitted and explained to you guys how to fit a spring that has nothing to do with the fault!!
But hey, lets hope its all is good.

 

[barry_stearman]

Sorry, Forgot to add the pics

 

[barry_stearman]

Ha, what a waste of time that was! As you can guess it didn't make a slightest bit of difference. Next step is to replace the master cylinder.

 

[10benny1010]

I cured the problem of sticking clutch pedal by fitting a return spring from the clutch pedal and fastened it under the dash which gives it just that bit extra pedal return power and works.

 

[kevrsp]

Hey guys ,

I wrote a piece on here on the step by step process on replacing the slave cylinder in a laguna 2.

Have a look for my posts and u will have pics etc there to show u how to do the job.

Hope it helps,,,

Kev

 

[Stewart Griffin]

Hi did anyone know how the spring fitted?

 

[biuro74]

Be extremely cautious changing SLAVE CYLINDER. I've done this, but it was small nightmare, just because I've found out proper manual AFTER, not BEFORE such repair :0

There are 3 (THREE) different SLAVE CYLINDERs for the same Lagunas (year, engine etc). I visited Renault to explain this, but they "explained" looking at brought new cylinder: "it's 3rd party vendors matter", lol, which apparently looks like explanation of man who just wants to be clever. Just wants, and not is. If 3rd party vendors manufactured incompatible parts, 2/3 of them wouldn't fit repaired cars, and original wiring must fit 3rd party product sockets. It was wasting my time, unprofessional people.

All you need to do - is to REMOVE cylinder first, take it with you and compare in store, that's it. Otherwise you'll end up with opening the gearbox too many times. Cylinders have a bit different shapes, some of them are auto-vented, some have manual vents.

It's good idea to change CLUTCH at the same time (and gearbox fluid, as I remember it costs about 12,50 per liter in Renault) and you need 3-4 bottles, depending on gearbox type.