[A4] A4 clutchless shifting
mike
mikemk40 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 19 15:30:04 EDT 2007
I suppose there are two main failure modes
..gradual
wearing out after 150k and sudden if a spring or
similar breaks
--- Doug Hill <badoug at hotmail.com> wrote:
> He has 49k on the car (mostly city driving. He has
> finally decided not to be
> cheap and get his clutch replaced. The strange thing
> is, he really is not
> that hard on he car. When I had to replace the
> clutch on my 4kq I was
> getting slippage in the low gears and had trouble
> shifting into 2nd and 3rd
> and it was very gradual. With my friends car he has
> slippage in all gears
> and was very sudden.
>
> Doug Hill
> '97 A4 2.8 q
> 87 4kcs q (gone but never forgotten)
>
>
> >From: "T. Jackson" <mancubus99 at hotmail.com>
> >To: "'Nicholas Stock'" <nickstock at gmail.com>,"'Doug
> Hill'"
> ><badoug at hotmail.com>
> >CC: <a4 at audifans.com>,<quattro at audifans.com>
> >Subject: RE: [A4] A4 clutchless shifting
> >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:22:03 -0400
> >
> >I second that and also would advise him to get
> driving lesions. He
> >shouldn't need a clutch replacement so soon. If
> driven correctly, clutches
> >should last much longer. Just curious. How many
> miles/kilometers on his
> >2005?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: a4-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:a4-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> >Nicholas Stock
> >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:25 AM
> >To: Doug Hill
> >Cc: a4 at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: [A4] A4 clutchless shifting
> >
> >Doug, you can indeed shift without engaging the
> clutch if you match
> >the RPM correctly to the road speed of the
> gearbox...3rd, 4th and 5th
> >gears are the easiest to do this in, but it is not
> advised as you'll
> >crunch a few if you're not careful and will
> eventually screw the
> >transmission. Get a new clutch and go to an
> independent shop (that
> >knows Audi's) to get it installed (far less than
> the dealership
> >usually)..
> >
> >Happy driving and HTH,
> >
> >Nick
>
>
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