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Help - Clutch release arm not returning - Now the Trans is out



Double check the arm, and check the pressure plate. It sounds as if  maybe
the plate has collapsed to me. The pushrod looks fine in the photos. The
piston you speak of should be the throw out bearing. The eraser bit, I would
write that off to chance. Is there any scarring on the flywheel?
The good news is all you have to do is slap it in there, and snug up the
bolts to check it! Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
To: "Anson Clement" <ansonivan@yahoo.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: Help - Clutch release arm not returning - Now the Trans is out


Okay so I pulled the green cover and the arm was moving and I pried on it to
make sure it wasn't broke. It seemed rigid enough but the piston that it is
supposed to push on was not returning back out with the arm motion. It was
just fully depressed so we pulled the transmission.
 We expected to find a hole in the clutch retaining plate. With the
transmission out the retaining plate looked fine with a small amount of
wear. IF I push on the rod and work the lever it moves in and out like it
should. The only odd thing we found was what appeared to be half of an
eraser head stuck on the clutch plate. I measured the distances of critical
dimensions and compared them to an old SACHS I have laying around.
Everything seemed to be fairly close. Would that eraser bit be enough to
keep the push rod from returning? What else would not be returning the
pushrod back to its rest position??? I hate to put it all back together and
not have it work.
 I have included some pictures if anyone can see anything. They do show the
foreign particle.

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 On 9/4/05, Anson Clement <ansonivan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> One of two things... the clutch finger located just
> under the green cap who's purpose in life is to press
> on the throw-out bearing could have split.
>
> Second option, the throw-out rod could have gone right
> through the little throwout plate located against the
> pressure plate.
>
> The first option is the most common and simplest to
> fix.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Anson
>
> --- Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > After a quick trip to Madison and getting a new
> > Clutch cable form Jim
> > Jarrett and getting it installed with no problems I
> > am now finding that the
> > release arm is not returning on its own. It seems to
> > have very little
> > pressure when activating it by itself. It only
> > returns about half way then
> > needs a little push to pop all the way down. It
> > almost just flops up and
> > down. Would this be a broken return spring accessed
> > from the green metal
> > cap? or something else. Where would I get a spring?
> > What else could it be. I
> > did seem to notice before all this that the clutch
> > felt very very light when
> > pushing on the pedal.
> >
> > --
> > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Beetle (sold)
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)
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