Re: New clutch problems.

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

I have heard people say 500 miles, but it really depends on what type of
driving you're doing.  What really matters is how many times you start out
from a dead stop.

If you were careful about keeping the clutch disc and flywheel and pressure
plate free of grease you probably don't have a clutch chattering problem.

When it comes to tires hopping, I don't have much experience with this
problem and front wheel drive.  I would say motor mounts are probably not
the problem, I would look at stuff like control arm bushings, maybe the
lower ball joint.  It could also simply be the wet pavement and the type of
tires you're running.  I've only had to deal with this problem on rwd
vehicles with leaf springs, in those cases simple fixes like replacing the
rubber spring bushings, shocks, tightening spring clamps, etc fixed the
problem.  I've never had to resort to installing "ladder bars" or "traction
bars"..  of course I'm wandering off-topic  :)

John

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>D O E !!!!!!!
>Thanks for the heads up John.
>I didn't realize that clutches had to be broken in.
>How long do you think before I can get hard on
>it, 100mi, 1000mi?
>If either tires, or clutch were chattering, what
>would be causing this? Oh yeah, I also replaced
>both the pushrod seal and mainshaft seal, so there
>should be no leaks.
>Do I need to go with even heavier duty engine
>mounts if it is the tires chattering. I would hate to
>damage the engine mount locations. I don't typically
>do "burnout's" but just wanted to check to make
>sure that the clutch was grabbing. I would like to be
>able to launch hard of the line and put full power down
>while autocrossing.
>Thanks again,
>-Randy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Van Vuren <veedublu@prod.net>
>To: Randy B <scirokn81@email.msn.com>; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 1:26 PM
>Subject: Re: New clutch problems.
>
>
>>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
>>
>>lots of stuff
>>http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm
>>
>>>
>>>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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