Clutch Woes...

[willhawk at shaw.ca (W.Hawker)]

I would suspect the clutch pressure plate (broken "finger" spring), or 
even flywheel. Had a similar problem, when the flywheel bolts started 
to back out. Using the clutch had no effect and the noise you described 
sounds similar.  Only other thing that comes to mind is a bent push 
rod, but sounds strange it  would suddenly go like that. If you pull 
the starter, you can have a look at the flywheel through the hole and 
see if it is loose or any of the bolts are hitting the bell housing 
(look for metal shavings)

Bill Hawker
82 Scirocco
83 Rabittit GTi

On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 12:13  AM, David Utley wrote:

> Well,
>    I need to draw upon the collective experience of the group, and NO, 
> it
> has nothing to do with balancing?.  :-)
>
>    While driving a friends 82 VW pickup (gas), I was accelerating on 
> the
> highway when all of the sudden, I heard a grinding coming from the 
> tranny?
> I pushed down the clutch, and it stayed there, and it popped out of 
> gear at
> the same time?  Now that I am rolling, and with no pedal, I cannot 
> engage a
> gear at all?  I coast to a stop, and get out and look under the hood,
> thinking the clutch cable is kaput?  Nope, it is still there, no 
> problems?
> Well, I can get it in gear with the truck off, start it, and limp it 
> home?
> If I start in 2nd, I can eventually get any other gear while rolling 
> if I
> get the rpm right?  Once home, I notice there is a lot of slack in the
> cable, so I adjust that out?  No change, I still can not engage a gear,
> unless the truck is not running?  SO, I took it apart this evening, 
> thinking
> the cast steel finger that actuates the T/O bearing behind the green 
> cap is
> bad?  Nope, just fine?  What in the hell is wrong with this thing?
>
> Just for the record, I was farting-around when this broke, and the 
> truck has
> been through more tough driving than Nina Hartley?  The tranny is an FF
> code, the engine is a 1.8 9.5 to 1 motor with stock CIS, if it matters
> (which it shouldn?t)?
>
> Any and all ideas are MOST welcome?  I would like to fix this before my
> friend returns?  It is one thing to break it, and have it broken when 
> he
> comes back, and another thing altogether to have broken it AND fixed 
> it?
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