Christopher Mende <csmende@bayern.me.iastate.edu>: Hard clutch.

[mark.peele@juno.com (Mark A. Peele)]

This serves as a reminder to diagnose and fix a stiff clutch pedal ASAP.

A kinked or splayed cable can increase pedal effort dramatically. The
prev owner of my Golf GT let it go so long that the pedal assembly
actually became twisted and mangled due to the excessive force required -
trust me - this was a royal PITA!  If mem serves me - the Scirocco unit
is welded in - all the more reason to take care of this . . . . 
__________________________________________________________
 . . . Mark
Scirocco 1982, 1980S (dying), previously 1981S (RIP), 1975TS, 1975
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From: Christopher Mende <csmende@bayern.me.iastate.edu>
To: Paul Krucke <vwfan53@yahoo.com>
Cc: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@privateI.com>
Subject: Hard clutch.
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 10:38:55 -0600 (CST)
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And I'm not talkin' a good grip! :)

When I bought my baby, the clutch seriously made my foot hurt after about
30 minutes of city driving... what ended up being the apparent problem
was
that the actual clutch cable was angled wierd...

YMMV, but I zip-tied the clutch cable to one of the hoses behind the
cable, forcing it to tilt back towards the firewall. This resulted in a
50% reduction in how hard I had to press.

I'm sure the real problem is a worn cable. ;)

~C

On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Paul Krucke wrote:

|---Christopher Mende <csmende@bayern.me.iastate.edu> wrote:
|
|> I like having a bit of a push in my clutch. Are stock rocco clutches
|a bit
|> tougher to press than, say, a Jetta of like year? I find I have a hard
|> time adjusting back tot he jetta after being in the scirocco too
|long. I
|> keep expecting the pedal to push my foot back up, but it doesn't...
|
|My 16v Scirocco Clutch peddle is a beast to push down.  Anyone whom I
|have allowed to drive my car is amazed at the pressure necessary to
|clutch it.  In fact after driving the Scirocco daily for more than I
|week I have to switch to one of my more gentle clutch peddle cars, as
|I develop "clutch knee".  Seriously.  I think some of it is the angle
|of the seating.  In the Jetta I am more above the peddles. The Audi is
|Hydraulic (I hate Hydraulic) so thats like pressing air.  It is a self
|adjusting cable, which I will be replacing very soon.
|
|My observation. 
|==
|-Paul
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|90 Audi 90 Quattro 20v
|87 Scirocco 16v
|87 Jetta GLi
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