Help - Clutch release arm not returning - Now the Trans is out

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

It is not a piece of metal and the rivet head is intact. IT is rubbery and 
looks like the top half of an eraser head from a pencil.

On 9/5/05, Allyn <amalventano1@tds.net> wrote: 
> 
> I wonder how that rivet head came off and worked its way into the pressure
> plate assembly... If it was wedged in with the disc at all it could have
> caused the pedal to not release fully (as the clutch itself could not 
> engage
> fully).
> I would check all fingers from the pressure plate, ensuring they all sit
> even (i.e. the metal piece did not cause any of them to bend).
> A quick check regarding the clutch pushrod is easily done with the reanny
> off of the car - with the arm fully up, the pushrod should extend ~1/4" 
> from
> the end of the input shaft. Actuating the arm should smoothly extend the
> pushrod slightly more than 1/2".
> HTH
> Al
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-bounces+amalventano1=tds.net@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+amalventano1=tds.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> > Don Walter
> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:35 PM
> > To: Anson Clement
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Help - Clutch release arm not returning - Now the Trans is out
> >
> > Okay so I pulled the green cover and the arm was moving and I pried on 
> it
> > to
> > make sure it wasn't broke. It seemed rigid enough but the piston that it
> > is
> > supposed to push on was not returning back out with the arm motion. It 
> was
> > just fully depressed so we pulled the transmission.
> > We expected to find a hole in the clutch retaining plate. With the
> > transmission out the retaining plate looked fine with a small amount of
> > wear. IF I push on the rod and work the lever it moves in and out like 
> it
> > should. The only odd thing we found was what appeared to be half of an
> > eraser head stuck on the clutch plate. I measured the distances of
> > critical
> > dimensions and compared them to an old SACHS I have laying around.
> > Everything seemed to be fairly close. Would that eraser bit be enough to
> > keep the push rod from returning? What else would not be returning the
> > pushrod back to its rest position??? I hate to put it all back together
> > and
> > not have it work.
> > I have included some pictures if anyone can see anything. They do show
> > the
> > foreign particle.
> >
> > http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/<
> http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/Don_Walte
> > r/Clutch/>
> > Don_Walter/Clutch/ <http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/>
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/4/05, Anson Clement <ansonivan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > One of two things... the clutch finger located just
> > > under the green cap who's purpose in life is to press
> > > on the throw-out bearing could have split.
> > >
> > > Second option, the throw-out rod could have gone right
> > > through the little throwout plate located against the
> > > pressure plate.
> > >
> > > The first option is the most common and simplest to
> > > fix.
> > >
> > > Have fun.
> > >
> > > Anson
> > >
> > > --- Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > After a quick trip to Madison and getting a new
> > > > Clutch cable form Jim
> > > > Jarrett and getting it installed with no problems I
> > > > am now finding that the
> > > > release arm is not returning on its own. It seems to
> > > > have very little
> > > > pressure when activating it by itself. It only
> > > > returns about half way then
> > > > needs a little push to pop all the way down. It
> > > > almost just flops up and
> > > > down. Would this be a broken return spring accessed
> > > > from the green metal
> > > > cap? or something else. Where would I get a spring?
> > > > What else could it be. I
> > > > did seem to notice before all this that the clutch
> > > > felt very very light when
> > > > pushing on the pedal.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > > > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > > > http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> > > > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> > > > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > > > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > > > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > > > 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > > > 1969 Beetle (sold)
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> > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Beetle (sold)
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at 
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)