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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#592743
Having some issues with my clutch. After adjusting the cable up and I got progrssively less clutch the more I used it till it wouldnt go into gear. I then adjusted it up some more and it did it again. It's done it 4 times over the past 3 days and I have only driven it short trips.

Is it the clutch cable stretching? (I had to weld the clutch tube back on in the tunnel a while back and the cable was in it at the time, hence heat effected maybe)

Or is it something else? Like the diaphram springs for instance in the pressure plate?
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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#592749
Hi Pete

It could be down to its last few strands, that will do it or the guide tube could be moving back into the chassis, you would notice the flexible bit getting straighter each time.

Steve

mackaymanx Custom Title Time!

1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#592759
Check the hook on the clutch pedal, yes the one inside the tunnel. Over the years I've had several bend , then break off. But your's sound like a cable problem
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BASHOdi Wolfsburg Wizard

441 posts · joined Nov 2006 ·

#592910
Had one do exactly what you describe some years ago on a beetle --did exactly what you're doing-----cable went----middle of Military Rd Mosman/Neutral Bay -- yup you've guessed it 7.45 AM--good lesson on how to be popular on the North Shore in peak hour ----not.
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#594196
well, the shiny new cable is in and the problem persists. 👎

the pedal feels ok, but the clutch is still not fully disengaging. could this a problem with the thrust bearing or the pressure plate?

the last time I had an issue like this, the whole clutch was full of sand. :o

[ Edited on 30-5-07 by pete wood ]
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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#594200
Throwout bearing 'fingers' may be about to let go... They don't like heavy pressure plates for too long
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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#594206
Sounds like a pressure plate problem Pete....drop the engine:P.Are you SURE the whole tube isn't loose/moving???????? Sounds like great fun either way!!!
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#594218
yeah thanx mick, you're all heart...or should I say bowel :vader

the tube is not moving at either end, so it's not that. there's a new clutch cable in, so it's not that, either.

I'll be getting boof to make me a shortened sump soon, so it's probably not a bad idea to pull the motor at the same time as I change that over. So gee, that'll only be like the 14 millionth time I've drained and rebled the cooling system in the last few months. :o

maybe I should sell it and buy a new Hyundai?!

[ Edited on 30-5-07 by pete wood ]
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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#594237
pete wood wrote:yeah thanx mick, you're all heart...or should I say bowel :vader


maybe I should sell it and buy a new Hyundai?!
Yep all bowel...If you don't crap you die and having a heart wont help you:puke.Just buy a Hyundai Pete...more your type of car,top warranty and non of the issues you have described with your Drednaught....
I'll still bet it's the pressure plate fingers collapsing/wearing thin from your about to sieze from sand inundation throw out bearing....:P
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