Check ur clutch thrust bearings carefully!

geodon Wolfsburg Wizard

478 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Jul 2007, 12:39 pm

#601908

1600TP in a KG.
Last time I did the clutch I re-used the thrust bearing. Unlike the old carbon ones they last forever BUT u need to check the spigots for wear AND the fricken holes on the ends for the clips. I didn't & paid the prce! A clip fell off & the bearing fell off the forks! Why? Wear on the spigot shaft & an oval hole on the end. It had obviously been rattling. Ah well! Ur never too old to learn they say. Funnier still, I thought it was the cable (at the pedal end) but I didn't spot the problem untill I took it out-only after I used bolt-cutters to chop it at the eng end to "facilitate" the removal of a perfectly good cable!
Scheiss!!
Fortunately, the forks look OK.

[ Edited on 14-7-2007 by geodon ]

BASHOdi Wolfsburg Wizard

441 posts · joined Nov 2006 · 14 Jul 2007, 4:10 pm

#601926

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGH SCHEISS HAPPENS 🤖

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 15 Jul 2007, 8:23 am

#601997

had a similar prob years ago in my oval... started the car up and it wouldn't go in gear.. stopped the engine and it went in fine. cable was ok... had to drive it home without a clutch. pulled the engine out and the thrust bearing had shifted due to one of the clips coming off and had repositioned behind one of the forks... the clip was sitting in the gearbox housing. I had to do some engine work etc anyways so i replaced the clutch and thrust bearing while it was all out.

see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 15 Jul 2007, 11:43 am

#602017

Did a gearbox swap last weekend..
Replaced the clutch and it came with a new bearing.. don't they all come with a new bearing?
You'd be silly not to use it... :jesus

xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard

460 posts · joined Sep 2006 · 16 Jul 2007, 12:22 am

#602131

best early throw out bearing clips are the sprung ones, not the original style.
they are much easier to fit if you dont have the knack of fitting the original ones down.

I just pulled an engine out of a guys car here the other week for resto, that he had been driving for years....
one clip in the bottom of the bell housing, and the other up in the starter motor housing.
Somehow it managed to stay put!!

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 16 Jul 2007, 6:56 am

#602136

jo_tas wrote:Replaced the clutch and it came with a new bearing.. don't they all come with a new bearing?
You'd be silly not to use it... :jesus

you can buy the clutch on its own, the thrust bearing on its own or buy as a kit with both..

see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

geodon Wolfsburg Wizard

478 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2007, 8:56 am

#602146

X-guy: I felt the pedal go slack so I limped home & jacked it up. It felt like the cable was stretching so to test it, I adjusted it up tight then pumped the pedal hard & SPROING! I thought it was the cable letting go at the pedal end but it was due to bearing falling off 1 fork! Ah well! I got alot of stuff done: new swing axle boots, accel cable, fixed the heaters new inlet manifold boots etc. All the stuff that builds up till the next time the eng comes out

dogo Seriously Crusin Dubber

128 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 16 Jul 2007, 11:30 pm

#602301

If you keep the correct pedal adjustment it can't fall off.