That's great news actually.  I'd rather pull that than the dash any day.
Thanks Jake.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Unless you're hearing the noises coming from the pedal assembly inside the
> van, the roughness is in the bell housing.
>
> Sorry Ryan, but its probably dry grease and rust in the transfer shaft
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Ryan Alfonso <vangina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yo.  I hopped in my friends syncro and the clutch pedal is like butter.
> > Mine is considerably stiffer and crunchified.  I've checked the archives
> > about this issue, but now it's time to ask the masters...
> >
> > The patient is an '89 Westfalia, 205k, with a rebuilt 5spd installed
> > about
> > 75k ago with a HD Luk clutch kit.
> >
> > I'm sure the problem isn't hydraulic (swapped out master and slave a
> > while
> > ago to no avail).
> >
> > So is there a simple and obvious way to determine whether it's the pedal
> > assembly, or the release rod in the clutch housing?  Perhaps that it
> > comes
> > and goes may be a clue?  FWIW, there isn't a lot of play side to side in
> > the
> > clutch pedal, feels like the brake.  When replacing the slave, I yanked
> > around on the release rod and it had some slap in it, but didn't feel
> > too
> > loose.
> >
> > Statistically speaking, what's more likely to be the issue?  Do I rip
> > out
> > the dash, or drop the transaxle (again)?
> >
> > Grazzi,
> > -R
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
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> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
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