i've driven about 6 different mk4 golfs, and they all have high biting points. I bought my Ocotber 2006 DB9 in March 2009. A high biting point on the clutch means that it is necessary to press the lever for a longer distance until the clutch is effectively engaged. Riding the clutch, driving for long distances with the clutch partially engaged; Dropping the clutch, i.e.- racing starts; Slowing down the vehicle by downshifting and using the engine backpressure to slow the car down. As said, I put the car on axle stands, bite point was mid/low. 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 … I have had a clutch that grabs a 1/4" off the floorboard and a clutch … So my previous clutch started slipping pretty bad out of nowhere. its just the way they are . In this case, the pedal needs to be pushed lower to actuate the clutch. As a clutch wear, it takes longer for the plates to come together which means your biting point gets higher. Like contamination. 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. Don’t think bite point position relates to how borked the clutch is. 1 Posts . When you get a new clutch, the pads are at full width and the biting point is lower. The bite point in my civic is almost at … Although I must say I would not have got a new clutch because someone told me the biting point was high. New clutch, bit point high. There's no leaks, fluid was changed 3 months ago. Well that's the thing. The adjustment on the pedal is not really changing the engagement of the clutch.. it's just changing pedal travel mostly. Discussion Starter • #1 • 9 mo ago. Causing clutch drag and a biting point really really low . 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. I did not notice any clutch slip during driving and the salesman said thats how mazdas are. Faulty clutch. Biting point was so high my heel couldn’t be on the floor when releasing the clutch. Posted 3 years ago 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. But during the test drive, I noticed the car had a really high clutch biting point, more than half way up. 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. 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. 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