A some-what work-around, to eliminate the need to mess with that pin and
the pedal?...Use some Wurth SA Besto on the whole apparatus.  SA Besto 2000,
or some such...it is a very penetrating compound as it comes out of the
aerosol can.  Then the carrier medium evaporates leaving a high pressure
grease.  I've had great success lubing many very hard to reach or tight
spaces with that, either spraying from the little straw that comes with the
can or I also have some vacuum line that I can use for really 'silly' places
that the straw/can won't squirt into.

  It is pricey stuff, mostly found online.  Well worth it.  I also use that
on my shift linkage with great results.

  Don Hanson

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Having seen the wear in the clutch pedal clevis connection in both my
> '82 and '86 vanagons, I have to imagine that most manual trans.
> Vanagons have the same thing going on. Its not a big deal unless it
> squeaks and drives you crazy with the noise, or it causes the pedal to
> be rough, or wear completely and fail.
>
> If you ever take the dash off for heater work, spend the extra time to
> pull out the pedal assembly to have a look at it. It is a fair bit
> more work, (have to bleed hydraulics after), but I think its worth it.
>
> alistair
>