Broken clutch rod?

[Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com]

This rod is an integral part of the clutch master cylinder (857 721 401A); 
I guess someone who kept its old master cylinder can give you one. But I 
am sure even the dealer doesn't carry it. You are lucky though; the master 
is available through other channels than OEM. Here in Canada, OEM was 
400CAN$ (I bought one... before discovering Audifans and its lists...) but 
identical good quality ATE master cylinder from a FLAPS is around 150CAN$.

Regarding the reason it broke, I guess I know why. 
Your firewall is being pushed for too many years, so you had to adjust the 
rod further out to compensate and since it was only threaded by a few 
threads, then it broke after too many cycles. I guess your clutch is worn 
, so the pedal is hard to depress, accentuating the stress on the 
components. Remember, a good clutch is easier to depress than a Honda or a 
VW.
Don't ask me how I know all this...

Louis-Alain 
83 Quattro with a new clutch, master, slave, bearing, ...





David <duandcc_forums at cox.net> 
Sent by: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
2004-09-03 16:02

To
"Keith Lawyer" <LawyerKG at co.laplata.co.us>, <quattro at audifans.com>
cc

Subject
Re: Re: Broken clutch rod?







> 
> From: "Keith Lawyer" <LawyerKG at co.laplata.co.us>
> Date: 2004/09/03 Fri PM 03:53:52 EDT
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: Broken clutch rod?
> 
> I had that happen on my old '86 4k.  Are you absolutely certain the
> firewall is not failing?
> 
> Keith L
> 

Frankly, I'm not CERTAIN of anything. :( I don't see any obvious cracks 
around the master or slave cylinders. Would they be obvious? Since you've 
BTDT on replacing the rod...is it hard (for someone who doesn't do much 
wrenching)? Got the part number? Approximate cost?

Dave

1987 Coupe GT Special Build 2.3 
All in SE VA

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