Mark,

I've got the "clinking/clunking" of the clutch pedal (85 GL with
170,000 miles).� The pictures explain well what is going on; I'm
worried about failure and want to address.� I tried looking up
underneath with a flashlight and mirror....can't see the pin area.� I
removed instrument cluster and tried looking down from above....still
can't see.� 

This is starting to look like something beyond my skills.� I reviewed
the Bentley and Haynes manuals.� Seems you need to remove the "pedal
assembly", both brake and clutch, and before you do that you need to
remove clutch Master and brake Master.� Is that correct?

And, what about the fix?� Yes, replacing the pin for sure, but what
about the pedal?� Are these available?� Or is this a
weld/grind/bore-a-new-hole job?

Sounds like you've been there recently...hence your post.

Rich

85 GL

Pacific Beach� (by the way, great to meet you at Busses by the Bridge,
mine is the white one with blue homemade camping interior, visible in
Larry Chase's photo, "The Long & The Short of It" featuring him and
Warren Chapman).

--- On Thu, 3/5/09, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 9:25 AM

Yes, I bought the new pin this week from my local VW dealer.

Part#  N-013-239-1  ,for under $3 incl tax.

Mark

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Did the new pin come from the dealer Mark?
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
wrote:
>
>> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/530767.jpg
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>> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/530766.jpg
>>
>> If you have clutch problems you may want to consider this as a
possible
>> factor. The clutch pedal has a short linkage between it and the clutch
>> master cylinder. This linkage connects to a hole in the pedal lever
and
>> that hole can suffer extreme wear. So can the pin that goes in the
hole.
>> Eventually the hole can wear into a long oval and break through
>> entirely. The 2 levers in the photos are both from 100,000+ mile
>> Vanagons. The pin on the right is a new one for comparison. When the
>> wear occurs you lose some of the travel of the clutch cylinders since
>> the pedal will move a ways before it does anything. You can likely
>> detect the wear if you push the clutch pedal with your hand. Right at
>> the top of the travel you may feel a clicking or clunking as the pedal
>> moves in the wear gap.
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
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