Clutch replacement time

[auditude at neta.com]

I'm proud of the fact that I was able to replace my clutch in my 
Coupe GT all by my lonesome.  I didn't resurface the flywheel, so it 
wasn't technically the most complete job.  Prolly could've done the 
flywheel w/o any help tho'.

I would have accepted help, had it been around at the time.

As far as difficulty, the Coupe GT wasn't bad at all.  The only other 
clutch I've ever done was on my Saturn, putting in a Centerforce 
Dual Friction at 130k (around 160k now, hmm, I think).  That clutch 
was pretty easy too, don't even have to drop the tranny.  Just push 
it to the side.  Didn't do the flywheel on that either, tho' I "dressed" 
it by hand with some abrasive.

It's funny how minimalistic and light duty the Saturn stuff is.  The 
clutch slave is removed by pushing it into the tranny, turning it, and 
pulling it out.  It's like a childproof lid or something.  It's got a 
plastic hose that goes to the master, which together is sold as a 
unit.  Cute, and effective.

My Saturn's been doing a good job gathering dust since the 5kcstq 
has been on the road.  Night and day.

I just need to get a second Audi rolling for the spare, then I can 
lose the appliance.  As long as I have working (and well) a/c.

Later,

Ken

On 18 Jan 2001, at 18:56, Bill Rowe wrote:

> not bad :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Don M
> 
> Wed, 17 Jan 2001 Alexander van Gerbig
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> > I don't know how anyone replaces a clutch or drops a trans with a car on
> > ramps?  Isn't that hard to do with the car on a serious angle, or am I
> > missing something here?
> 
> Na...I used ramps before I bought the lift but you do need extra hands.
> On a coupe (fwd CGT) it's actually one of the easiest jobs to do albeit time
> consuming.