Clutch Woes...

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Oh yeah, I left out one:
- bad crank thrust bearing.. but that would most likely be accompanied by
  some grinding noises.

-Toby

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, T. Reed wrote:

> David,
>
> You should be looking for one of the following:
> - bad (broken) clutch cable
> - broken clutch finger lever inside 5th gear housing
> - a pushrod-sized hole in the release plate
> - broken metal thing on the firewall that holds the clutch cable
> - backed out pressure plate bolts
>
> Less likely (but still possible) culprits:
> - busted throwout bearing
> - autoadjust cable that stopped wanted to adjust
> - some sort of failure in the pedal cluster
> - backed up flywheel bolts
> - mechanical interference at the clutch lever on the otuside of the tranny
>
> Aside from these failures I can't think of any other possible cause.
>
> -Toby
>
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, David Utley wrote:
>
> > Well,
> >    I need to draw upon the collective experience of the group, and NO, it
> > has nothing to do with balancing
.  :-)
> >
> >    While driving a friends 82 VW pickup (gas), I was accelerating on the
> > highway when all of the sudden, I heard a grinding coming from the tranny

> > I pushed down the clutch, and it stayed there, and it popped out of gear at
> > the same time
  Now that I am rolling, and with no pedal, I cannot engage a
> > gear at all
  I coast to a stop, and get out and look under the hood,
> > thinking the clutch cable is kaput
  Nope, it is still there, no problems

> > Well, I can get it in gear with the truck off, start it, and limp it home

> > If I start in 2nd, I can eventually get any other gear while rolling if I
> > get the rpm right
  Once home, I notice there is a lot of slack in the
> > cable, so I adjust that out
  No change, I still can not engage a gear,
> > unless the truck is not running
  SO, I took it apart this evening, thinking
> > the cast steel finger that actuates the T/O bearing behind the green cap is
> > bad
  Nope, just fine
  What in the hell is wrong with this thing?
> >
> > Just for the record, I was farting-around when this broke, and the truck has
> > been through more tough driving than Nina Hartley
  The tranny is an FF
> > code, the engine is a 1.8 9.5 to 1 motor with stock CIS, if it matters
> > (which it shouldn?t)

> >
> > Any and all ideas are MOST welcome
  I would like to fix this before my
> > friend returns
  It is one thing to break it, and have it broken when he
> > comes back, and another thing altogether to have broken it AND fixed it

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