Re: Need your advise here!

[Joel Leclerc <deejay@info.polymtl.ca>]

To give more info on it, well it looks sometime exactly like if the
clutch does not move out from it's place, I mean sometime I push the
clutch to remove from gear and it's feel like I did not push the
clutch when I shift to another gear, it's more often when I'm
in the reverse gear, like the sound when your in reverse don't
stop even if I did push the clutch but stop when I remove shifter
from the reverse gear to go in neutral!
The reverse does that since long time ago, but now it happen
in other gear, and it's getting bad. Sometime it's like if I did not
push the clutch before I shift a gear in, like in 2nd I have to pull
very hard on the shifter so it goes in the gear, and makes that
terrible noise :(

But I don't feel the clutch disk is worn out! I'm normally not hard
on clutch disk.

So what could be the problem? I had the price for changing the
clutch. Clutch kit (250$ US, original from the dealer) and
250$ for labour. What include a clutch kit?


Joel

Jonas Karlsson wrote:
> 
> Well, the clutch problems can be caused by things other than a worn out clutch disk. The components that part-take in the whole mechanism are:
> 
> Clutch pedal, clutch cable, throwout bearing, clutch pushrod, pressure plate, and clutch disk.
> To replace/check the pressure plate and/or clutch disk the entire tranny must be taken out of the car. This is a big job and takes about the 5 hours that the shop charges.
> So it is logical to check all of the components not requiring tranny removal before anything else.
> The main part is the clutch cable, these can get stretched or break their mounting places. The trowout bearing and clutch pushrod also can get worn out, but less common. You have to remove the "end cover" on the tranny to get to them. It is the round green plate accessible from the driver's side wheel well.
> What exactly are your symptoms. Difficulty shifting? Like the clutch not disengaging? Please give more info.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Jonas
> 85 Scirocco
> 
> Joel Leclerc wrote:
> >Well I thought about changing it myself, but I'm not equiped
> >to do it, and second if I have done it by a garage, if he is
> >telling me that this is really the problem and still having
> >the problem after I can go back and tell him the problem still
> >there. But he must know what he's telling me, so the chances
> >are that the clutch is finished.
> >
> >Question here! How could I know myself if the clutch is finished?
> >Any test I could do myself, because I don't feel any slippy
> >clutch when I shift... Must be hard to tell me how to check that
> >I guess!!!
> >
> >Joel
> >87 16v
> >

--
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" to majordomo@scirocco.org.
If you experience other problems, email: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org