Re: Help - clutch failure

[Brett VanSprewenburg <brett@kodak.com>]

> 
> At 06:49 PM 16/8/96 -0400, you wrote:
> >Can anyone help me with this clutch prob:
> >I was driving fairly hard (about 40 Mph) taking some fairly hard turns - and
> >was using the clutch fairly hard.  When i pulled out of one of the turns i
> >noticed i couldn't get any of my gears.  Then i noticed that there was NO
> >tension at all on the clutch pedal.  After closer examination i found out
> >that the cables are all ok
> >
> >basically everything in my sight (ie not enclosed.. pressure plate...) was
> >fine.
> >Has anyone experienced this problem before? Is there anyway to solve it w/o
> >dropping out the transmission? (BTW how much does this cost?)
> >
> >The car is an 86 scirocco 16v with a 2,000 mile old sachs 210mm clutch on it.
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> 

I had something similar happen to an older Scirocco of mine.  The clutch 
cable tore out the bottom of the clutch cable sheathing, releasing all the
tension by effectively lengthening the clutch cable.  The clutch pedal had
NO pressure at all.  I didn't even notice what the problem was right away
becuase it was near the top the firewall and it was the BOTTOM of the cable
that had split open.  I replaced the clutch line from a junked car and
everything was fine.

==Brett
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