Re: wtf!! with my clutch?

[16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

Bingo -- same thing here.  Came to a stop at a toll booth and stalled it 
with the clutch depressed.  WTF?  Restarted and the car was fine for 10 
miles of city driving.  And then it happened again, and didn't go away this 
time.

The little bearing that the pushrod pushes against had broken... Other 
symptoms were a really strage clutch feel and vibration through the 
pedal.  The Stealership (0.1 mile from where it got undriveable) adjusted 
the cable so that at least I could get home (45 miles), and I replaced the 
clutch the next week.  (With 38,000 miles on the car and no visible clutch 
wear) :(

Hope it's your cable. :)

Jason



At 04:15 AM 7/4/2000 , Dave Ewing wrote:
>I have had this happen.  I started out in 1st gear perfectly and came to a
>stop and it wouldn't come out of gear.  I ended up stalling it because I was
>at a stop sign but had had the problem before.  When I did my 2.0L swap I
>noticed when doing the clutch that one of the teeth on the plate that the
>push rod pushes on had busted off and lodged itself between the pressure
>plate and the clutch disc causing it to stick in gear.  In case the clutch
>cable theory doesn't work, check this out!!  HTH!
>
>Dave
>
> > Sound like the clutch cable outer part has collapsed on itself.  Perhaps
> > after a little vibration and hard feelings from a left foot, the cable
>jammed
> > back into position.  It is, however, ver broke! This happend to me in a
> > parking lot (same place where my truck's clutch cyl. went bad!?!), I was
>able
> > to get home on ducktape and the expirience my of mom's Camry's hydrolic
> > clutch cylinder!
> >
>
>
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