Re: New clutch problems.

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

I wouldn't be abusing a brand new clutch for awhile...  it takes awhile for
the clutch disk to get broken in.

Sounds to me like either your tires are hopping or the clutch is chattering.
If it's the clutch chattering, the best thing you can do is just drive it
nicely for awhile and see what happens.

HTH

John

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>
>Clutch problems?
>Please don't be afraid to state anything obvious
>I might have missed.
>I just installed a new clutch over the weekend and,
>
>Here are the facts:
>EN motor bored out to 1847 by Techtonics
>FF tranny
>Techtonics clutch kit with 16V clutch plate
>210 flywheel (used but not bad)
>Recent new clutch cable adjusted to 15mm
>Repacked inner/outer pass. axle cv's
>Driver axle CV boots looked ok.
>Hard time getting into 1 and 2 (not new)
>All 4 motor mounts new with Techtonics front
>     all adjusted according to Bentley
>
>
>Here is the problem:
>Clutch engagement seems fine under normal
>conditions but when I try to launch off the line
>(breaking the tires loose) the whole front of the
>car vibrates violently. I pulled into a parking lot
>(it had just rained) and did a few hard launches
>and was able to break the tires loose in first and
>second and the shaking would diminish when the
>car started to catch up with the tires.
>
>Does this sound familiar to anyone out there
>before I start tearing into it to find out whats going
>on?
>
>P.S. When I push in on the clutch at idle the rpm's
>do not seem to change. (I've heard that if the
>idle does change that this is indicative of a major
>problem)
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Randy B.
>Cosmos 81 Scirocco S - 2.0L 16V
>Mars 81 Scirocco S - t t 1847cc
>(was that an earthquake or was it my clutch)
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