16v Clutch Cable Binding? Stretched? Worn?...

[rhock99 at epix.net (Ryan H)]

Yep, Dan seems to have most of it covered.  Also, where the cable runs through the firewall, it is bare cable.  My cable rubbed against the small metal cylinder that goes through the firewall (it's there to hold the black outer part of the cable back - if it breaks, you get to watch the whole cable move around when you press the clutch in, but no clutch movement - it's fun!)
ANYWAY... after rubbing against the cylinder enough, it sawed through.  once it sawed through the sharp edges of the cylinder started fraying the cable more and more, and i started to notice "sticky clutch pedal syndrome".  Looking under there, I found there were about 3 strands of wire left!!!  So check the cable where it goes through the firewall, too - you have to look from under the dash.
HTH!
Oh yeah, the 8V cable is not as tight feeling as the auto-adjust 16V one, but it's much cheaper and MUCH less of a hassle.  Try it, you might like it. ;)



> 
> From: Dan <dan@angband.org>
> Date: 2003/11/07 Fri AM 04:13:15 EST
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: 16v Clutch Cable Binding? Stretched? Worn?...
> 
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:17:58AM -0800, A J wrote:
> > Does anyone out there know when your clutch cable is
> > going out on a 16v ? Mine is acting weird like it
> > doesnt let out smooth and If I let it out to fast the
> > car kinda jumps , what about the clutch going out ?
> 
> The stock clutch cable on a 16v has a metal elbow that the cable passes
> through.  Eventually, the cable wears through the inside corner of the
> elbow, like this:
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/cable1.JPG
> 
> Then, the cable starts wear and splinter, like this:
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/cable2.JPG
> 
> Sometimes the spinters then cause it to stick a bit, and makes the
> clutch finger to continuously ride on the thowout bearing, causing the
> bearing to overheat and sieze, like this: 
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/bearing1.JPG
> 
> Since the bearing is no longer rotating, it causes an enourmous ammount of
> friction betwen the clutch finger and the bearing, causing them to weld
> together like this:
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/bearing2.JPG
> 
> It's pretty cool when this happens, your clutch pedal starts to wildly
> kick up and down like it's possessed.
> 
> Dan
> 
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