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 andytlr
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| posted on June 29th, 2005 at 05:07 PM |
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Pedal Box - PLEASE HELP
A couple of days ago I jumped in the car and put my foot on the clutch and I heard this snap noise then the clutch fell to the floor.
Anyway, I figured this was the clutch cable, so I went and bought one then towed my car down to the local mechanic.
I then got a call telling me that the hook had broken off the pedal box. Which I can only assume is what the cable goes onto, and that it was that
breaking and not the cable.
Anyway, they have called around a couple of places and I called volkspower, who I found out they had also called. And they were told to find the hook
and weld it back on.
They can't find the hook. Has anyone had this happen? Is a new pedal box expensive? Any regular places the hook might have gone to?
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
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1303Steve
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| posted on June 29th, 2005 at 05:11 PM |
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Hi
Vintage in Sydney sell new hooks, they need to be welded on, they can also be made out of a piece of flat steel but it takes bit of time with a file
etc.
Steve
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| posted on June 29th, 2005 at 05:53 PM |
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I broke the hook off my pedal 2 weeks ago, there are some of my threads still in the tech folder. Rather than re-welding a new one, I bought another
set of pedals (with a good hook on the clutch), cost me $45 for the set and fitted them myself.
Warning - the pedals can be fiddly to re-fit, but if you take your time and note what you are doing, you should be OK.
Must be something in the air, while I was getting advice from my VW mechanic over the refitting, he had another bug delivered with a broken hook.
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| posted on June 29th, 2005 at 06:06 PM |
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should be an easy task for a mechanic or VW nutter.................to weld on a new hook would take about 10mins, the rest of the time would be in
removal and refitting. I would think about $100 if you were paying someone.
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lugnuts
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| posted on June 30th, 2005 at 08:43 AM |
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And they look like this only this is LHD http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=1294  |
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andytlr
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| posted on June 30th, 2005 at 07:12 PM |
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Well, the mechanic fixed the problem. Can't say I was particularly impressed with the price but it's done now.
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phantom
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| posted on June 30th, 2005 at 09:48 PM |
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You'll be happy in the end now that you can drive around. And that positioning of the pedals can be fiddly....
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andytlr
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| posted on June 30th, 2005 at 10:58 PM |
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Oh yeah, they did a great job. Looked everywhere for a new pedal assembly. Found one at an ok price. Just the end price hit me where it hurts a bit,
all for a little hook. Oh well, these things happen.
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