clutch or transmission

[Huw Powell]

You may have an idea there.  I keep trying to think of what might be 
wrong with your car, but I'm coming up blank.

Can you send me another copy of your original post, if you want, I'll 
ask the pros next door to make some WAGs?

Nick Lawrence wrote:
> Still pondering.
>  I did replace the clutch master cylinder with the clutch, and the slave is 
> not original but sure they can go bad.  Never had a Audi hydraulic fail with 
> these symptoms.  Doesn't loose pressure ever. Doesn't sink to the floor. 
> Always allows to be put in gear forward or reverse, no grinding.  No loss of 
> brake fluid, no brake fluid on my shoes!
> 
> In a normal working Audi if you ignore the clutch, and try to move the 
> shifter out of a gear, there will be a point where  drivng loads or 
> tranistion to coasting,  will allow a shift.
> Haven't we all had to nurse an Audi home with a broken clutch pedal?
> Mine currently won't.
> 
> Here is an idea,  And I may have experienced this once before but didn't 
> give it a thought.
> What about a failed pilot bearing causing the trans input shaft to stay 
> tuning at engine speed?  Might explain why at standstill or very slow car 
> speed it will shift.
> Nick    dreading pulling the trans with out knowing for sure.

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Huw Powell

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