Although I must say I would not have got a new clutch because someone told me the biting point was high. Hey people, Really sorry just hijacking a thread on the Community but just had a new clutch fitted on my 320D E90 and the biting point is Ridiculously High. So my previous clutch started slipping pretty bad out of nowhere. I bought my Ocotber 2006 DB9 in March 2009. i've driven about 6 different mk4 golfs, and they all have high biting points. Surely there has to be a problem it's an hydrolic clutch so the bite point should always be at the bottom unless you have an issue with the slave or master cylinder. I did not notice any clutch slip during driving and the salesman said thats how mazdas are. When I tried to start from a stop in 1st metal shavings came out of the AC vents and then I couldn't get the car to move. I have been driving manual for 5 years now and I never drove a car with such a high biting point. Presume this would apply to Bora PD models with 6 speed as well, and when a new clutch is fitted the biting point may be lower than the one it replaced then adjusts itself to its normal biting point (i.e high) over a preiod of time. Causing clutch drag and a biting point really really low . When you get a new clutch, the pads are at full width and the biting point is lower. Well that's the thing. Something similar happens in cars with a hydraulic system and a manual gearbox. The bite point in my civic is almost at … Posted 3 years ago New clutch, bit point high. Faulty clutch. Like contamination. The adjustment on the pedal is not really changing the engagement of the clutch.. it's just changing pedal travel mostly. As said, I put the car on axle stands, bite point was mid/low. As a clutch wear, it takes longer for the plates to come together which means your biting point gets higher. its just the way they are . New clutch, very high engagement point. I was naive and didn't think too much about the high clutch biting point.Fifteen months and less than 4000 miles later, having been helped on … Discussion Starter • #1 • 9 mo ago. I scheduled an appointment to get it looked at and on the way to the shop (an hour long drive) it went out completely. I think it is something other than air in the system. Resulting in the master cylinder moving fully but the slave cylinder only moving partial amount of its designed travel.. the the pressure place would still be half clamping the clutch to the flywheel. I have had a clutch that grabs a 1/4" off the floorboard and a clutch … 1 Posts . I'm finding hard to get used to the biting point as it is, but maybe that's how a new clutch is supposed to be like. There's no leaks, fluid was changed 3 months ago. Don’t think bite point position relates to how borked the clutch is. 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