Broken clutch rod?

[David]

> 
> From: Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
> Date: 2004/09/03 Fri PM 04:21:01 EDT
> To: David <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
> CC: "Keith Lawyer" <LawyerKG at co.laplata.co.us>, 
> 	quattro at audifans.com, 
> 	quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Re: Broken clutch rod?
> 
> 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, ...
> 

P.S. The clutch pedal DID squeek as it was being pushed in or let out but it did that ever since I've had it, never thought it was a big deal, but maybe it was fortelling of future problems...


Dave

1987 Coupe GT Special Build 2.3 
All in SE VA