This is kinda what I was leaning towards but I didnt want to say as I dont
have much info to go on. If you have a bad pilot bearing and you have been
driving on it to the point of serious difficulty then you better plan on
getting a new mainshaft.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
>Reply-To: VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: clutch slave cylinder question
>Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:18:01 -0500
>
>I had a real bad (gone) pilot bearing that caused what you are talking
>about.
>
> >>> David Most <mostd@JUNO.COM> 6/7/2003 8:42:00 PM >>>
>If, when a helper steps on the clutch pedal, I can see the clutch
>slave
>cylinder piston push the release lever down at least one inch, does
>this
>mean for certain that the clutch slave cylinder is working properly
>(i.e., it's not bad)?
>
>Thanks for the help,
>David
>(with stuck '87)
>
>By the way, a mechanic that I've used in California insists that the
>clutch not disengaging (my current problem) must be due to a hydraulic
>failure of some sort rather than a failure of the throw out bearing.
>He
>says that a bad or broken bearing would lead to clutch slippage rather
>than an inability to get out of gear.  Any disagreements here?
>
>
>
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