Sachs or Luk - they seem equivalent.  People moan about one or the other,
but I don't see any science to it.

I would have a look to see what the state of your clutch and seals are
before you placed an order.  So, get the old clutch out and have a look to
see what you need.

Tom

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On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:00 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> The Van Cafe clutch kit is Sachs.  Bus Depot and Gowesty both have Luk as
> well as Sachs, Luk costing more.  Vanagain has both, also.  None of them
> lists a "heavy duty" clutch disk, in kit form or separately.  The Vanagain
> Luk kit does not include a pilot bearing.  Gowesty is the only one that
> lists the felt washer for the flywheel.
>
> Someone said the "clutch yoke" should be replaced.  I do not know what
> that is, and do not find it listed in any description of the clutch or in
> any parts list.  What is it?  Does it have another name?
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
> ---- Tom Carchrae <tom@INTELLECTI.CA> wrote:
> > I read somewhere that the heavy duty Luk is NLA.  I ordered a Luk clutch
> > kit from RockAuto for $100 - it seems ok but I'm yet to install it.  I
> also
> > had to place an order with van-cafe for a transmission gasket and input
> > shaft seal (leaky transmission), and an order to gowesty for the 'good'
> > rear mainseal (to stop the oil leak on the clutch).  Being in Canada and
> > paying through the nose for shipping really sucks.  van-cafe shipped it
> on
> > the cheaper option and it arrived a day after the premium shipping that
> > gowesty use (and the only thing they offer).
> >
> > You can likely get all of these parts from ken (vanagain.com) or ron (
> > busdepot.com) - both of these guys are worth supporting too.
> >
> > I may have a spare felt seal - I think I had one in my engine gasket
> > (Elring) set and didn't see it.   Happy to mail it if it is indeed the
> same
> > as the one I ordered.  Likewise if anyone wants to take their chances
> with
> > the Elring kit mainseal (I wouldn't based on what I've read).
> >
> > I'd never heard about this brass bushing.  More learning.  I'll check the
> > bentley and see if I can find a picture of it.
> >
> > Also, in case you didn't see these links:
> >
> >  http://volksweb.relitech.com/clutch.htm
> >  http://www.benplace.com/vw_clutch_job1.htm
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > ---- JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The first "Gotcha" is the felt seal over the pilot bearing.
> > > >
> > > > The second "Gotcha" is the pilot bearing seal flywheel bushing!
> > > > this - it will go back together without the bushing - and not to far
> > > > down the road  you will be wondering why your pilot bearing has
> failed.
> > > > You can find this little brass bushing on the Samba (try Tencent for
> > > > one.)
> > > >
> > > > With the tranny out - it is well worth the extra bucks to take care
> of
> > > > any and all things related to the tranny short of a complete rebuild
> -
> > > > and that too if need be.
> > > >
> > > > BTW - there are two clutches for the manual tranny - a regular and a
> > > > heavy duty one. I would get the heavy duty model - LUK brand I
> believe.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sources for these items?  Thanks, McNeely
> > >
>
> --
> David McNeely
>