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• Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:17:18 -0700
  ...Clutch works ok but I see a clutch job coming up soon. Had thought a diesel clutch might be more robust and fit my...
• Re: Clutch replaced after only 72K miles??
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 22:54:33 EDT
  The clutch is only as good as the person who is using it. Can clutches last a long time? Yes. My parents '85 Jetta...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:35:30 -0700
  I only use Sachs clutches myself. either waterboxer or diesel vanagon. I find them to last just indefenitely. Like one of the best made...
• Re: Clutch Chatter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:04:14 -0500
  ...This thread ran a while back, regarding clutch chatter and whether the brand of replacement clutch caused it. Some people reported having the problem...
• Re: Clutch quit
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:39:13 -0500
  Hey Tim Sounds like a toasted clutch master cylinder..........I'm guessing that your clutch pedal is pretty floppy. Essentially your clutch is engaged...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:24:35 -0400
  ...Clutch works ok but I see a > clutch job coming up soon. > > Had thought a diesel clutch might be more robust and fit my...
• Re: Vanagon is jerky, Clutch maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:29:38 -0500
  Alfred, in my experience, clutches usually do not produce jerkiness due to wear except when being engaged. So, starting off in first gear, let...
• Re: symptoms of a failing clutch
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:00:42 -0800
  Sounds to me like your hydraulic fluid is low, or the clutch cylinder is leaking. Check for fluid dripping around the clutch slave cylinder...
• Re: Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:24:53 -0400
  The clutch rod will never need to be adjusted. Even after changing the master. Try bleeding the clutch slave cylinder. May be vapor locked...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:09:43 -0500
  I believe Boston Bob recommended a LUK clutch with his overhaul of my WBX motor and it has over 100k on it and no...
• Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:09:54 -0500
  ...THe clutch master cylinder is situated between the brake and clutch pedals in a recess... I can barely visualize the locknut in question using...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:16:42 -0700
  ...Van vibrates badly when clutch is starting to move the van ( clutch chatter ) Clutch slips when accelerating or going up hills ( engine revs increase...
• Re: Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:46:41 -0700
  One must, or really should, always at least bleed the clutch hydraulics when installing a new clutch in a vanagon. It's not a...
• noise from rear when engaging the clutch
  Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:55:31 -0600
  This Van makes a grinding noise when you let the clutch out. The noise is heard when the clutch first starts to move the...
• Clutch pedal pressure
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:46:13 -0500
  Hello When I converted my '87 Wolfy from automatic to standard I installed a used clutch disk presure plate with new master and slave...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:23:40 -0700
  the Vanagon clutch is brilliantly self-adjusting at all times. ( it never hurts to say what year, and what model/version of vanagon you...
• Re: Westy clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:22:02 -0400
  Try bleeding the clutch hydraulics. We had similar clutch problems that went away with a simple flush / bleed to get the air out of...
• Clutch section.....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:54:18 -0500
  http://www.benplace.com/vw_clutch_job1.htm http://www.benplace.com/vw_clutch.htm http://www.benplace.com/vw_clutch2.htm Cheers, Ben
• Re: Clutch pedal free play adjustment help needed
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:57:10 -0700
  Bentley calls for only 1 mm of free play for the pedal before it begins to push the piston of the clutch master cylinder...
• Re: 88 GL - Clutch Rattle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:42:16 -0800
  ...88 GL - Clutch Rattle > > Volksiebus - my 88 GL has developed a clutch rattle/chatter when the clutch > is depressed - Like sitting at a stop...
• clutch on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:19:02 -0400
  ...clutch on 85 westy I recently had a new clutch put in and i'm not sure if it feels like it should. The...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - dan rick
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:04:18 -0700
  ...Van vibrates badly when clutch is starting to move the van ( clutch chatter ) Clutch slips when accelerating or going up hills ( engine revs increase...
• Q's: Clutch Problems!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Sun, 5 May 2002 20:53:06 -0400
  ...old clutch and flywheel resurfacing job. These symptoms existed before the clutch job. I recently had the brake fluid/clutch fluid flushed/replaced and...
• Clutch part research & machinations
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:08:44 -0400
  Should I go for the better clutch? The fiche shows a different clutch beginning somewhere in the 89 model year. I called Ron this...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:45:26 -0700
  ...and the clutch was smooth again for a > while. > Of course if it's a very tired clutch .. > that could just push it over...
• Re: [Syncro] new clutch
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:39:02 -0400
  > The syncro does not take "the regular sachs clutch." > You need a syncro clutch...different part number, > different clutch. Actually, Sachs specifically states in...
• symptoms of a failing clutch
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:29:01 -0500
  Can someone describe the symptoms of a failing clutch. In the last few days I've had to floor the clutch pedal in order...
• Clutch hard to push in
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:16:30 -0700
  I've noticed that for a hydraulic clutch, my Westy's clutch pedal is very hard to push down. It is easily twice as...
• Re: Clutch ?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:07:05 -0600
  Yes, probably the clutch disc is worn out. Since you have a hydraulic clutch, it is self-adjusting. On the old cable clutches, it...
• Re: Clutch pedal pressure
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:12:28 -0800
  ...I subsequently replaced the clutch and pressure plate with the standard Sachs clutch kit. No change! Is there a reason why the clutch on...
• Re: [Syncro] new clutch
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:11:15 -0700
  I forgot to mention that you are missing my argument...my point is not that sachs clutches are the problem, but that there is...
• Re: Self Adjusting Clutch
  Historical mailing list
  06 Dec 96 06:38:34 PST
  ...What this means to us, is that as the clutch wears we do NOT have to keep adjusting our clutch cables, with this design...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:47:31 -0700
  > When I bleed the hydraulic system, funny symptom. > Ida depresses clutch, I open bleedscrew, clutch-pedal goes the rest > of wayto the floor. Hi...
• Re: Clutch ?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:10:07 -0400
  ...Clutch ? > Yes, probably the clutch disc is worn out. Since you have a hydraulic > clutch, it is self-adjusting. On the old cable clutches...
• 91 GL Clutch
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 22:43:22 -0500
  After 100+k miles the clutch on the 91 GL is causing shifting to be difficult. I have looked over Bentley and found nothing...
• Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:32:40 +0000
  ...and the clutch was smooth again for a > while. > Of course if it's a very tired clutch .. > that could just push it over...
• Longest lived clutch, was: Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:06:20 -0400
  I have 162k+ on the original clutch in my Jetta TD. I always let is idle in neutral, and never accelerate hard until the...
• Re: Clutch Dead in Orillia Ontario / Algonquin Park - Does anyone know Valle Shell?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:03:08 -0700
  At 10:48 AM -0400 9/5/00, 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote: >I had been having intermittent clutch problems but thought I had...
• Re: FW: Clutch Chatter.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:46:11 -0500
  Richard, A soft clutch pedal release will induce clutch chatter even on a new clutch and over time it become a permanent, ever present...
• Clutch Pedal Does Not Move
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 09:17:52 -0400
  After putting in my locking differential, replacing the clutch, flywheel, brake master, clutch master, clutch slave, and brake switches. I drove 400km to Parry...
• Re: clutch on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:58:45 -0400
  ...clutch on 85 westy > >I recently had a new clutch put in and i'm not sure if it feels like it >should. The...
• Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:29:36 -0500
  First hand experience with clutch shudder in a manual tranny!! Oil on the clutch disc face!! This usually comes from a leaking clutch seal...
• Clutch Pic Web Page
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:00:47 -0600
  List member Angus Gordon made up a web page that allows much easier viewing of the clutch kit pics, plus a longer viewing period...
• Re: Clutch release bearing shaft return spring?
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:53:58 -0800
  ...clutch slave cyls last maybe 6 years, clutch master longer, even twice as long, but your 83 should have had two slaves by now...
• Re: rebuild tranny when changing clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:59:11 -0800
  Did you check the level of the fluid in the clutch/brake fluid tank? The clutch gets its fluid from a higher point in...
• Re: [Syncro] new clutch
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:19:46 -0700
  Sachs may make a "one size fits all," but VW does not go along with this and specifies a different clutch for the syncro...
• Re: Clutch pedal pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:26:02 -0700
  ...I subsequently replaced the clutch and pressure > plate with the standard Sachs clutch kit. No change! > > Is there a reason why the clutch on...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Thu, 31 May 2001 20:40:36 -0700
  Do you have a cable or hydraulic clutch? Entity John Rodgers spoke thus: > Chase, Did you have the flywheel re-faced by a machine...
• Clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 22:31:31 -0500
  Hi guys, I have a question about my clutch. I just had the tranny dropped to install a new clutch. After I put the...
• transmission or clutch troubles - 3 questions...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sheridan
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:17:12 -0400
  Dear Vanagoners My transmission and or clutch is giving me serious problems : '84, watercooled Wolfsburg edition full camper. It can be impossible to get...
• Re: 88 GL - Clutch Rattle
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:11:07 -0600
  ...88 GL - Clutch Rattle >> >> Volksiebus - my 88 GL has developed a clutch rattle/chatter when the >> clutch >> is depressed - Like sitting at a stop...
• Re: Time for a clutch?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:15:47 -0600
  ...Time for a new clutch. Be sure the flywheel is machined before the new clutch goes in. This might be a good time to...
• Re: Sach's clutch's
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 02:28:39 EST
  In a message dated 99-01-29 10:50:09 EST, Sxs@concentric.net writes: > The sachs clutches are defective, it seems. Lots of...
• Re: Longest lived clutch, was: Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:12:37 EDT
  > > This is my entry for longest clutch life on the list; '77 Rabbit that > taught 5 (five!) teenagers to drive in 135K miles. At...
• Clutch Peddle engagement point??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:06:20 -0700
  I've owned 4 different vanagon manual transmissions (and driven several more) and while they have all had slightly different points on the Clutch...
• Time for a clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 05:12:10 EST
  Seemed like my clutch was slipping today. I was going up hill and had been in stop and go traffic for about an hour...
• Re: clutch on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 18:03:47 -0700
  ...After it starts to engage, there is only around 2" more and the clutch is fully engaged. Is this what a new clutch feels...
• Re: Shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:09:59 -0500
  ...Turns out that oil had leaked into the bellhousing and on to my clutch plates. I replaced the oil seal, cleaned up my clutch...
• Re: Shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 08:43:08 -0800
  ...It's a Sachs clutch. New flywheel, disk,pressure plate, throw-out bearing, pilot bearing and tranny seal. Don't know if the clutch...
• Re: Question #2 - clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:25:13 -0700
  On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, KENWILFY wrote: > So shouldn't he open the bleeder valve, depress the clutch, shut the bleeder > and then when...