My Sachs(mexican made now?) clutch kit came with a platic alignment tool
included.  Left it in the package as I already had an alignment tool made
from the input shaft of an earlier VW ala Mr. Bulley's suggestion.  The leg
pressure required to operate the new clutch is substantially lessthan the OE
clutch that came out after almost 140k.  Hope it's not a girly- man clutch
and wear out in half the time of the original.  Seems to release a little
earlier too, but that could be the fact that a nice new thick disc is in
place now.  My wife will appreciate the easier operating pedal for sure.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, October 23, 1999 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question!

>  This proccess you are in is axually one of the most difficult. There is
>a special tool you can rent used to help make the alignment easier, call
>a clutch alignment tool. You can also use an old input shaft to a trans.
>for this.
>
>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>
>
>On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Gary McEachern wrote:
>
>> I'm in the middle of replacing the clutch on my '87 GL. The Sachs Clutch
kit
>> I bought from BusDepot came with a Pilot bearing that has a closed end. I
>> very foolishly decuded to replace the existing bearing which was a
"through
>> hole" design. I installed it assuming it was the proper part (bad
>> assumption?). I'm having difficulty fully mating the tranny to the engine
>> and suspect the input shaft of the tranny may be bottoming on the back of
>> the new bearing.
>>
>> Does anyone know if this style of bearing will work or do I need to
>> remove(sigh) and replace it with the open style bearing?
>>
>>
>> Gary
>>
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