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• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:08:38 -0400
  ...clutch install. > > Part of my curiosity was whether or not there was a "stock" clutch that had a thicker lining on the disc (is...
• New motor in hand '86
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:07:00 -0600
  ...The clutch set was 179.00 plus tax, the kit includes clutch disc, pressure plate and release bearing. I can't wait to get...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:45:26 -0700
  ...when you let out the clutch. > > classically, ( but not always ) is caused by oil on the clutch disc. > > the real repair of course is...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:36:48 -0500
  ...fluid in yet? Should you be >able to depress the clutch pedal with the engine and transaxle disconnected? > >Any advice will be appreciated!! > >Thanks...
• Re: 90 Syncro weak clutch spring?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:35:54 -0700
  ...clutch pedal ..then of course it pushes hand enough to move the pressure plate fingers far enough so the grip on the clutch disc...
• Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 May 2021 12:28:32 -0700
  ...Hence the no clutch action. Seems, of course, the arms are now hard to find. Anyone have a clutch lever arm for sale? Wbx...
• Vanagon For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 23:18:14 -0400
  ...1995: '84 Vanagon Rebuilt clutch, new head gaskets, needs transmission work, high miles. $550. 612-560-6132 Usual discalimers, blah, blah, blah..... SSG Brad...
• Re: I need a little help with a clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 25 May 2009 08:12:39 -0700
  ...I doubt that the clutch disc is worn very much. Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone had a clutch diaphragm with excessive wear...
• I need a little help with a clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Mon, 25 May 2009 11:05:32 -0400
  ...I doubt that the clutch disc is worn very much. Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone had a clutch diaphragm with excessive wear...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 12:54:32 -1000
  ...I finally had to remove the clutch disc and carefully clean up the disc's splines with a tiny file. also .. re the pilot...
• installing new clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Horsman
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:20:57 -0800
  ...there was clutch fluid all over the place and hence, no pressure with the clutch. I took a look below and discovered the leak...
• Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 16:48:57 -0800
  ...remove brake master cylinder ( disconnect hose to clutch master cylinder first ) remove those two support brackets that pass over the master cylinder. If they...
• Sachs Clutch pkg FS, brand new in box, and plug wire sets
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:38:39 -0500
  ...The clutch kit includes everything needed: plate, disc, release bearing, pilot bearing, and an alignment tool. Fits all Vanagon exc. Diesel. Price is $94...
• trans. main shaft scoring
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:29:26 -0700
  I mentioned in my earlier trip report that I had the clutch replaced in Missoula MT. While they had the tranny out, they discovered...
• Re: clutch housling rebuil
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:46:45 -0400
  ...the drivers side clutch operating shaft(cos) because of damage while trying to remove the slave cylinder mount.This discription will show most aspects...
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:20:59 -0700
  ...Often ....very high pedal effort means tired clutch disc and pressure plate. but you have to be able to tell what part of the...
• Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - Nomadix
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:41:17 -0600
  ...Mainshaft seal bad Clutch disc had oil Transmission bellhouse worn Stopped in at Utah Imports they dropped there schedule and got me fixed. If...
• Re: clutch diagnosis help please
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 23:38:58 -0600
  "Shaners [KS Div]" wrote: > Some time back there was a lenghthy discussion about dropping the > engine, I am glad I saved all those posts...
• Re: Clutch shutter, vibation, shaking - why?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:45:00 -0800
  Severe clutch chatter is usually oil on the disc. Sometimes you can even burn it off by starting out, from a stop, in 2nd...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 09:17:40 -0800
  ...fluid in yet? Should you be > able to depress the clutch pedal with the engine and transaxle disconnected? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley...
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:43:40 -0700
  ...Clutch/Shifting issue? Hi Volks, 84 vanagon w/ 4 speed tranny-has always shifted well (144k) except when clutch cylinders leaked & got low on...
• Re: Hanging Clutch Disc
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:58:10 -0600
  Or even a Gormerly Bulsh, perhaps? :-) John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Bob Stevens wrote: > "94 Eurovan Westfalia > 86 Syncro > 85 Westfalia/Bostig > 02 Jetta...
• list member ripped me off $140!
  Historical mailing list - Pablo
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:32:53 -0700
  ...for a LUK Heavy Duty Clutch Kit.� He put a clutch kit for a Daewoo in a LUK clutch box and said it is...
• 1981 Vanagon Brake Servo Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:21:58 -0500
  ...Today however I noted a clutch judder, checked the brake fluid reservoir, and discovered that I again had an almost empty brake fluid reservoir...
• Re: Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:06:37 +0000
  ...I just discovered today. During the months > of January > to March of 1983 Volkswagen went from using a 228mm flywheel and > clutchsystem to a...
• Re: 90 Syncro weak clutch spring?
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 17:12:57 -0600
  ...clutch pedal ..then of course it pushes hand enough > to move the pressure plate fingers far enough so the grip on the clutch > disc...
• Re: Clutchless in California
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 13:52:40 EST
  ...Aside from no power at the shop due to the storm, they believe that something in the clutch broke, and have to drop the...
• Re: Pulling the tranny yourself
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:41:48 -0800
  ...Disconnect your batter, disconnect the starter wires, disconnect the shifter from the tranny, and disconnect the clutch slave cylinder. Remove the four bolts that...
• Re: here's a stumper...(question)
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Wed, 17 May 2000 16:14:17 -0500
  ...Thinking that the clutch disc was somehow binding and not moving at all,I took the trans out at least twice to try to...
• Re: Automatic Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:05:06 EST
  The one item that cross references to both of these problems is the direct/reverse clutch plates and discs, have they not been replaced...
• Re: Longest lived clutch, was: Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 07:26:14 -0700
  ...rebuilt > the engine so clutch was replaced while the engine > was out - Friction > Materials told me the clutch disc wasn't even half > gone...
• Re: Clutch pedal engagement
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 12 May 2003 13:01:40 -0400
  ...I was thinking maybe my clutch disc was just getting thin. Are they all like this? It doesn't slip and take-up is...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:32:40 +0000
  ...when you let out the clutch. > > classically, ( but not always ) is caused by oil on the clutch disc. > > the real repair of course is...
• Clutch problem on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:37:34 -0500
  ...The clutch worked a little on my four hour ride home to Narragansett RI but not much. I ordered a discount master cylinder from...
• Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:03:51 -0800
  ...I think I'm far enough away that the input shaft has not even started into the clutch disc splines; the fresh grease I...
• Re: Clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:13:16 -0600
  ...I >> have just completely my Subaru conversion and went with an upgraded >> Luk clutch kit with a new disc, pressure plate, and release bearing...
• Re: Pending clutch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 11 May 2016 14:02:54 -0300
  ...I’m guessing the actual clutch replacement is similar to my ’66 Westy, but the disconnecting and reconnecting of the engine’s “tethers” is...
• RE: leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Mar 97 05:41:57 UT
  ...If disc, the cause was a bad pilot bearing or worn out main shaft. Also, make sure clutch was not a Chinese special. I...
• Shuddering clutch fixed / New tranny bad!
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:58:56 EDT
  ...The flywheel is a bit discolored toward the center area where the clutch contacts it but looks OK on the outer area. The inner...
• Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:28:12 -0400
  ...I just discovered today. During the months of January to March of 1983 Volkswagen went from using a 228mm flywheel and clutch system to...
• Re: Clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:30:34 -0800
  ...I had a brand new Sachs clutch disc fail and lose a spring inside the bellhousing of my '85 Jetta a few years ago...
• Re: [VB] early pressure plates vrs. later ones
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:51:32 EDT
  ...The 200mm nine sping pressure plates with matching sized spring centered clutch discs have worked great for us. Both of these we get form...
• Re: clutch time, reccomendations/tips?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:07:41 -0400
  > well, the clutch is finally slipping more than occasionally > so it's time to replace. does anyone have any tips? I'm > thinking of...
• Fw: 1981 Vanagon Brake Servo Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:06:20 -0500
  ...slave, bled clutch, and all seemed fine. > Today however I noted a clutch judder, checked the brake fluid reservoir, > and discovered that I again...
• vanagon winter maladies
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:14:43 -0800
  ...Already we have been discussing frozen doors and heaters, but I bet before long there will be failing clutch master and slave cylinders. Anyone...
• Re: Clutch shutter, vibation, shaking - why?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:36:37 -0500
  ...Clutch shutter, vibation, shaking - why? Severe clutch chatter is usually oil on the disc. Sometimes you can even burn it off by starting out...
• Re: Shocks and brake job, one question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:45:57 -0400
  ...szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I disconnected the clutch hose and capped it. I did not have rebleed >> my clutch as the bubbles flowed up...
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:25:33 -0600
  ...tired clutch disc and pressure plate. > but you have to be able to tell what part of the feel is from the clutch hydraulics...
• Re: Clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:05:40 -0700
  ...New clutch > > > plate ( Sachs H/D ) and disc. Flywheel was true and cleaned at rebuild. > > > Absolutely no leaks at weep hole. Let it cool...
• Re: suddenly clutch just gone?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 16 May 2006 12:55:44 -0400
  True, as you've discovered, you do have a "hydraulically operated clutch release mechanism". AFAIK, if the clutch disc or diphragm spring were at...
• Sale on Clutch Master Cylinders!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:57:58 EST
  I have a List Member sale going on right now of clutch master cylinders. These are new FAG German cylinders that actually have the...
• stuck or frozen clutch
  Historical mailing list - Tom Runyon
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:42:44 -0800
  ...The only response was the hypothesis that the pressure plate was stuck to the clutch disc. I tried the recommended fix but it didn...
• Re: Syncro Clutch Cross Shaft problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:39:42 -0500
  Possibly the hub in the clutch disc. The disc can also be separated causing the pressure plate to work out and make for a...
• Re: clutch time, reccomendations/tips?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:07:57 -0400
  ...clutch time, reccomendations/tips? > EVERY time I've tried to use those cheapo aligners, I've been left with a > disc that would not...
• Re: Question about Clutch Slave
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 01:22:40 -0600
  On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Sean Bartnik wrote: > > PS still trying to figure out why the removal of clutch slave is supposed to > > be...
• Re: auto -> manual?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:16:41 -0500
  ...trans and mounts axles clutch clutch cable small rubber clutch sleeve that the cable goes through at the trans shift rod and all bushings...
• Re: clutch m/s removal
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 06:19:02 -0500
  ...The rod that links the clutch pedal to the master cylinder will stay attached to the clutch pedal. If you can get up in...
• Re: Shifting Shudder Part II
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hurlbut
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:16:56 -0700
  ...the flywheel seal is sufficient to cause clutch shuddering if it gets on the flywheel /clutch disc interface. My seal leak was minimal, no...
• 89 syncro westy clutch shudder
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 12:59:52 -1000
  ...is my clutch just giving up the ghost or maybe bad motor mounts or CV joints or what? I'm getting a bit discouraged...
• Re: Shuddering clutch engagement
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:37:42 -0700
  ...The flywheel is a bit > >discolored toward the center area where the clutch contacts it but looks OK > >on the outer area. The inner...