more clutch crap

[doubt at inwave.com (Nate Mellom)]

Don,
You ever get your clutch mystery figured out?
Nate


Don Walter wrote:
> Yes the spring is wrapped arond the shaft and provides some resistance but 
> not much. If the finger is not broken then it probably punched a hole in the 
> release plate that pushes on the clutch. In that case the release bearing 
> will be stuck donwn the tube from the finger but you will see that when you 
> pull the green cover.
> 
> On 9/15/05, Blake Irvin <blake@clockworm.com> wrote: 
> 
>>if this is indeed what's wrong, would i feel any spring resistance in
>>the actuator the clutch cable attaches to (the arm on the outside of
>>the engine)? i do still feel some spring, but certainly not much,
>>and the resistance is very smooth and even. i'm hoping it's just the
>>little arm with the teeth. probably cracked and missing teeth.
>>
>>
>>Blake Irvin
>>IT
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>>
>>
>>
>>On Sep 15, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Scourge wrote:
>>
>>
>>>No unbolting.
>>>It's the little green cap on the end of the tranny. Pop it off with
>>>a screwdriver. You'll then see the rest of the clutch arm that the
>>>cable pulls and the finger that it actuates. What happens most of
>>>the time, is this finger cracks (like this http://
>>>img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/scourge133/Car%20Stuff/<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/scourge133/Car%20Stuff/>
>>>IMG_6328.jpg ) and is then allowed to rotate on the clutch arm.
>>>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/scourge133/Car%20Stuff/
>>>IMG_6327.jpg
>>>You'll have to pull a little clip off of the finger, then slide the
>>>arm out to the front of the car. Inspect thoroughly. If the finger
>>>is cracked, make sure the splines on the arm aren't damaged. If
>>>they are, change it too.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>-George
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Irvin" <blake@clockworm.com>
>>>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>>Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:29 PM
>>>Subject: more clutch crap
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>so, the (silly) haynes manual (can't get hold of a real manual
>>>>just yet) says the clutch-to-the-floor problem is either:
>>>>
>>>>1 - broken release bearing or fork
>>>>2 - collapsed diaphragm spring in the clutch pressure plate
>>>>
>>>>the PO told me the clutch pedal failed suddenly, without warning
>>>>- this makes me think it's No. 1 - in which case, i could unbolt
>>>>the little metal cover on the transaxle end to check out the
>>>>bearing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>any ideas on this?
>>>>
>>>>blake/
>>>>
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