16v Clutch Cable Binding? Stretched? Worn?...

[mr.utility at highstream.net (mr.utility@highstream.net)]

Addendum:
    "Which causes the driver to look like this..."

     (Picture with man hair standing on end, chewing upper lip off, etc...)  :-
)

David

Quoting Dan <dan@angband.org>:

> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:17:58AM -0800, A J wrote:
> > Does anyone out there know when your clutch cable is
> > going out on a 16v ? Mine is acting weird like it
> > doesnt let out smooth and If I let it out to fast the
> > car kinda jumps , what about the clutch going out ?
> 
> The stock clutch cable on a 16v has a metal elbow that the cable passes
> through.  Eventually, the cable wears through the inside corner of the
> elbow, like this:
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/cable1.JPG
> 
> Then, the cable starts wear and splinter, like this:
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/cable2.JPG
> 
> Sometimes the spinters then cause it to stick a bit, and makes the
> clutch finger to continuously ride on the thowout bearing, causing the
> bearing to overheat and sieze, like this: 
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/bearing1.JPG
> 
> Since the bearing is no longer rotating, it causes an enourmous ammount of
> friction betwen the clutch finger and the bearing, causing them to weld
> together like this:
> 
> http://slacktide.org:88/~dan/pics/cars/Scirocco/clutch/bearing2.JPG
> 
> It's pretty cool when this happens, your clutch pedal starts to wildly
> kick up and down like it's possessed.
> 
> Dan
> 
> -- 
> edv('Buttered Toast.')
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>