tranny prblms - HELP

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

Could also be the springs in the driven plate. I found lots of junk in
Mark's Topless Bunny (tm) after the clutch disk came apart. I hope that is
all that it is for you.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Farren" <farrenator@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: <mark1gti@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: tranny prblms - HELP


> This is for an 8v JH with a 4k trans:
> I bought this car used and the previous owner replaced
> the trans and presumably the clutch.
>
> I go to the gym tonight and the clutch pedal feels
> very tight.   Think nothing of it, and on the way
> back, punch it up to 6k rpms on a straight away.
> After this, I gas the car and it feels like it does
> when the clutch is slipping - give it gas and it
> barely moves.  I haven't had any clutch problems so I
> discount that the clutch is toast.  I pull over to
> check if the clutch cable has bound and it hasn't.
> hmmm, drive the car a little bit with same symptoms.
> Pull over and loosen the manually adjustable clutch
> cable.  Car now drives normally with plenty of power.
> Yeah!  Shit, I start hearing strange grinding noise
> when the clutch is pressed in.  I drive home and jack
> up car.  Notice that noise only happens when the
> clutch is pressed in.  After a bit the noise continues
> happening even when clutch is not engaged.  I poke
> around and notice that the noise is coming from the
> timing hole in the trans bellhousing.  I put a light
> to it and see little falkes of metal being spit out.
> Shit.  Seems as if something is rubbing against the
> bellhousing.  I don't know if it is the flywheel or
> the pressure plate.
>
> i will pull the trans tomorrow to see what happened.
> i hope I broke either the pressure plate bolts or the
> flywheel bolts and something is moving around.  The
> only other thing I can think of is that the crank
> bearing is toast and the whole damn assembly is moving
> around. I pray not.
>
> Any ideas from the 'been there done that' crowd?
>
> please email off list since I am on digest mode.
>
> farrenator@yahoo.com
>
> thanks,
>
> Victor
>
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