Aaaarrrrrrggghhhh...

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

Mark,

> Had it all torqued up, and flywheel bolted to it, 
> before realizing I forgot to install the pushrod plate dealie...  
> F**K!!!  So, off came the flywheel.  Put the mess all 
> together AGAIN, and prepped the tranny to reinstall...

You're not alone. Luckily we both didn't get to the point of having the trans
bolted up before noticing it, eh?

> It turns out the 210 mm clutch disc I had on the shelf was 
> for a smaller splined shaft tranny...  I assumed that all 
> 210mm 020 8v discs were the same, but I guess I was wrong...  
> The tranny is a DFQ 020 from a 98 Jetta.  Anyone confirm this 
> for me?  (I don't have ETKA installed on this computer)...

DFQ has 24mm input shaft splines, thus requiring a "16V" style clutch disc.

> The clutch 
> still slips, even after a long drive with several clutch-slip 
> heat cycles.  SO, I now have to do the whole thing over again 
> tomorrow...  We're going to see how fast we can do the job... 

If you are not in a terrible hurry to do the job, I'd give that clutch another
coulpe of days to see if it improves. I shot Dave Winchells disc with brake
cleaner to get the buildup off of it and it did the same slipping, but went away
after a week or two of driving. Perhaps Dave can pipe in with a better data
point. In the end, you may not need to crack it all open again, at least not for
a while.

> Mark - greasy and pissed...
> 75
> 86 **(gimme pics)**

Al