Hi Dennit

Thank you for yourinput.

I shall try to reply the best I can.
At 02:46 10-06-2007, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>While the transmission was out, did you check the following?
>
>End of tranny input shaft. Is it smooth where it sits in the pilot
>bearing? Any problem with the pilot bearing shows as damage here. Any wear
>on the shaft requires replacement. That bearing also aligns and supports
>the shaft.

End of tranny input shaft was smooth. A bit grimy/dirty, but I wiped
it off, and it felt smooth.
I greased the pilot-bearing with some grease on my pinky, as the
pilot-bearing was quite dry. But pilotbearing felt very smooth too.
Couldnt tell if the pins were rolling though. But felt OK.

>Is the felt seal ring in the flywheel still in place and functional. This
>needed to keep clutch dust out of the bearing and grease in.

Didnt check this.Couldnt see felt. Looked like I was looking direct
at marked face of pilot-bearing.

>Did you check the arms on the throw out shaft? These arms can bend or wear
>making the clutch partly inoperable.

No, unfortunately not, I didnt think enough of checking those. AURGH
- had I only read the Haynes step by step when working my way throu
the clutch-job. But it was one of those days where I wanted to
believe that I had the "magic touch" to be able to repair my car,
without being traumatized by the descriptions in the Haynes. SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

>Is the ball cup still intact on the operating,(slave) cylinder? I have
>seen the ball socket fall out or break reducing the throw available.

Yes, ball socket intact and cup intact - and a smear of nice new copper-grease.

I will look at the slave-cylinder, see if there is enough throw on
the pistion, or if I have to change it.
I will look at freeplay at the mastercylinder/pedal linkage.

Best regards

Jens Jakob

>Hope this helps,
>Dennis
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Jens Jakob Andersen
>Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:01 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Clutch problem - input needed
>Importance: High
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a clutch problem.
>
>For a while I have had a clutch that coudnt disengage fully. I
>suspected worn pilotbearing.
>
>Today I changed the clutch, put in a brand new LUK clutch - so nice.
>
>The Pilot-bearing looked fine, so I didnt change it, just gave it a
>little bit of grease. Used mypinky to grease it - felt fine.
>
>When I started the engine, I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!!!.
>
>It feels like the clutch just doesnt dis-engage enough.
>
>I have to switch off engine, put in gear, start engine with clutch
>depressed, other foot on brake, since cars just wants to drive.
>
>When I bleed the hydraulic system, funny symptom.
>Ida depresses clutch, I open bleedscrew, clutch-pedal goes the rest
>of wayto the floor.
>
>Looks to me like some kind of problem, that the release-bearing arm
>cannot turn enough. Maybe problem with the release-arm bushings?
>Maybe problem with slavecylinder?
>
>I am fully puzzled, I will get another slavecylinder early sunday
>morning (used one), and try to put that on my car,and see if it solves
>problem.
>
>Anyone have ANY idea of what can be causing the problem?
>
>And does anyone know how much the slavecylinder-piston should be able
>to travel?
>
>/JJ