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 REAP
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 posted on June 1st, 2013 at 09:56 PM |
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Clutch failed while driving?
Hey guys, I was driving my 62 bug earlier and I was coming onto a highway on ramp, I wasn't pushing the car hard at all, really babying it at the
time. Anyway as I went to go from 2nd to 3rd it wouldnt go into gear. I pulled over and couldnt find ANY gears. I turned the motor off and all the
gears worked. I had to start the car in first and drive home without using the clutch. I still managed to change gears but only when the revs were
perfect. There is pressure when i press the clutch pedal in. Never had anything to do with fixing a clutch before. Any ideas as to what my problem
could be? Cheers for any help!
Blake
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| posted on June 1st, 2013 at 10:29 PM |
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maybe a stretched cable or the hook is giving?
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| posted on June 1st, 2013 at 11:06 PM |
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could be anything, only way to find out is to take out the engine and look. or better yet have someone look at the arm while u press the pedal to get
an idea whats wrong first.
once my car did the clutch, the pedal was getting lower and lower with each press til it was on the floor, maxed out the adjustment at the road side
and still on the floor and also rock hard.
so i stopped the engine, put it in 3rd, cranked it and took off an drove all the way home in 3rd.
turned out my clutch fork bent like a banana and the snapped. this is what you get from reading the instructions on the clutch kits. had wrong specs
for the fork adjustment 
anyway open er up and take a peek. given that u say it feels like its there, but not working, might be the tube in the tunnel broke free?
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 12:13 AM |
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Hi Blake,
The clutch cable is a multistrand wire cable. The most likely problem is that some of these strands have broken, and those that are still holding have
stretched.
The cable needs to be replaced, which does not require the removal of the engine.
Cheers Dave
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 09:10 AM |
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Cheers guys, ill poke around and follow the cable from the pedal and see whats wrong
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 12:18 PM |
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Ok I had a lookat the clutch cable and where the wing nut is on the motor end of the clutch cable, there is one wire that was frayed. I tightened the
wing nut a few turns and the clutch was better then it was before it broke. Any thoughts on that?
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 12:20 PM |
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then that suggests to me that it is freying / stretching
You might get a while out of it but it is going to let go at some time ......................... soon
I would get a cable and do it soon
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 01:47 PM |
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Cheers mate, I just ordered one from classic vee dub for $15, not a bad price I think. Ill have to keep driving it to and from work though, fingers
crossed it doesnt break any further. Ill have to keep the street racing to a minimum 
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 02:54 PM |
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I wouldn't think just one wire on the cable would make a difference, maybe it's worse back in the tunnel or up the front.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 04:53 PM |
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Hmm didnt pull all of it out but all i did was tighten the wing nut and went for a drive. Seems to of fixed it up. Off to work soon so that will be
the test for it
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 06:11 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
I wouldn't think just one wire on the cable would make a difference, maybe it's worse back in the tunnel or up the front.
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From my experience Donn, once one strand breaks, it has already started stretching to the end of it's life. They don't usually last long once one
strand goes.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 09:22 PM |
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Maybe I should have just said "I wouldn't think" Jeff . By the
way, still waiting on pics from the big birthday bash.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 10:21 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
Maybe I should have just said "I wouldn't think" Jeff. By the
way, still waiting on pics from the big birthday bash.
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PM sent Donn.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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