In a message dated 96-02-06 16:07:46 EST, kstanley@cas.org writes:

> When I took
>the trans out to replace the input seal, I noticed the pilot bearing in the
>flywheel/crankshaft was non-existant.  With the bearing gone the input shaft
>wobbled around and destroyed the input seal.  I now attribute the poor
clutch
>action to be the input shaft binding up a little in the self destructing
>needle bearing.

I had a pilot bearing on an Audi 100LS that seized so tightly that the clutch
engagement/disengagement was meaningless.  It was siezed so tight that all of
the engine power could be transmitted through it to the transmission
regardless of clutch position.

Jim Davis
87 Syncro
88 Wolfsburg