Aaaarrrrrrggghhhh...

[davidwinchell2 at sprynet.com (David L Winchell, II)]

Mark,

Al's right.  We were both pissed with the first ride after getting it all
back together as it smoked like diesel locomotive and slipped like crazy.
It was hard to get it moving in any gear.  That lasted less than a couple
days. It kept improving over the next few days till it was no more. That was
three plus years ago and still running that same clutch in the torque happy
2.0L 16V.  I put between 10K to 15K miles a year on that car with no
slippage since then. 

David L Winchell, II
Winchell Appraisal Service
843-762-9577 (Office)
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-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces+davidwinchell2=sprynet.com@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+davidwinchell2=sprynet.com@scirocco.org] On
Behalf Of Allyn
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:31 PM
To: 'Mark F.'; 'Scirocco List'
Subject: RE: Aaaarrrrrrggghhhh...

Mark,

> Had it all torqued up, and flywheel bolted to it, 
> before realizing I forgot to install the pushrod plate dealie...  
> F**K!!!  So, off came the flywheel.  Put the mess all 
> together AGAIN, and prepped the tranny to reinstall...

You're not alone. Luckily we both didn't get to the point of having the
trans
bolted up before noticing it, eh?

> It turns out the 210 mm clutch disc I had on the shelf was 
> for a smaller splined shaft tranny...  I assumed that all 
> 210mm 020 8v discs were the same, but I guess I was wrong...  
> The tranny is a DFQ 020 from a 98 Jetta.  Anyone confirm this 
> for me?  (I don't have ETKA installed on this computer)...

DFQ has 24mm input shaft splines, thus requiring a "16V" style clutch disc.

> The clutch 
> still slips, even after a long drive with several clutch-slip 
> heat cycles.  SO, I now have to do the whole thing over again 
> tomorrow...  We're going to see how fast we can do the job... 

If you are not in a terrible hurry to do the job, I'd give that clutch
another
coulpe of days to see if it improves. I shot Dave Winchells disc with brake
cleaner to get the buildup off of it and it did the same slipping, but went
away
after a week or two of driving. Perhaps Dave can pipe in with a better data
point. In the end, you may not need to crack it all open again, at least not
for
a while.

> Mark - greasy and pissed...
> 75
> 86 **(gimme pics)**

Al


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