Interesting.  Since no amount of clutch pedal operation frees it, and
it doesn't do this in "normal" operation, that points to pilot
bearing in my mind.  When this happens and you turn off the engine,
can you restart it with it still in gear and the clutch pedal
in?  What happens differently in the clutch system when you feather
like this?  Does this put some kind of lateral force on the pilot
bearing/mainshaft?  Is there anything in the equation added by the
zetec?  They use the WBX flywheel don't' they?  I've just added more
questions to the dilemma!
Edward

At 12:17 PM 12/28/2008, aatransaxle wrote:
>It is a Vanagon with a Zetec in it...
>For example, he moves his boat slowly up his driveway kinda feathering the
>clutch and it hangs up..
>Got me..I have tried to make sense of it several times...
>
>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>(425) 788-4070
>aatransaxle.com
>86 Syncro Westy
>Zetec in the trunk
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian Allan" <ian.allan@BMTS.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:15 PM
>Subject: Hanging Clutch Disc
>
>
>>Season's Best to Y'all,
>>
>>I need advice before I pull apart my engine/transmission to attempt to
>>solve a clutch/shift binding problem. Here is the issue. When I
>>"feather" the clutch to creep ahead or creep in reverse then the
>>clutch disc will  not fully release. ie depressing the clutch pedal
>>does not fully release the disc. My cure is to turn off the engine,
>>horse the shifter into neutral, restart the engine, blip the throttle
>>several times and then USUALLY all is well again until the next time I
>>have to "creep".  The clutch pedal feels absolutely normal when this
>>disc hanging/shift binding occurs. Pumping the clutch offers no cure.
>>Yet in normal driving the disc hanging/shift binding never occurs.
>>
>>Ian Allan
>>
>>94 Eurovan Westfalia
>>86 Syncro
>>85 Westfalia/Bostig
>>02 Jetta 1.8t
>>90 Audi 90Q
>>02 Duramax 2500