Re: Help - clutch failure

[Mute0@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-08-17 05:13:15 EDT, you write:

>This has been MY experience with a simular situation. I had my mom on 
>the car for the first time since all of my major mods were completed. I 
>went from first, second and was shifting it into 3rd when something 
>poped and I couldnt get it into gear. I pulled over and checked the 
>cable and determined it was OK so it had broken the little finger 
>inside the tranny since the lever would not budge. (It pushes on the 
>throwout bearing.) SO, I got me a new end cap (The green cap on the end 
>of the tranny) and one of those new fingers. When the parts got here, 
>(I order ALL of my parts from Mike Potter at Timmons VW. Awsome 
>prices!)I went to work on the tranny. When I got the end cap off I 
>found that the finget had not broken at all. Heres what happened.
>While I was shifting, the clutch cable finished chewing its way thru 
>the cable, just under the intake tube so it wasnt easily visable. When 
>it got through the cable's teflon tubing, it gave the cable about an 
>inch of instant freeplay. When this happened, the throwout bearing 
>poped back and turned sideways. Now when I pushed on the clutch, the 
>finger was pressing on nothing but air and such, no gears. 
>In conclusion, your problems could be as simple as:
>clutch cable
>or as complicated as:
>clutch finger broke. (Internal by the throwout bearing)
>throwout bearing has turned. --->(I Dont think so since you say you 
>have pressure on the clutch lever. if it were amazingly difficult to 
>move, it might be the bearing has turned.)<---
>Clutch pressure plate ---> they do in fact break, but not very 
>often.<---
>I hope this helps!


thanks alot for all you're help - 
so what you're saying was you're problem was that the cable chewed through
its insulation giving it 1" of freeplay - thereby throwing out one of the
bearings?
How did you get to you're transmission to check the bearing?
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