[s-cars] My clutch pedal is overdesigned. What should I do?

[Mike Platt]

Sounds like I need to be safe and get another one. Who
sells it cheap and does it come with the shaft with
the rubber thingy on it? I think I can save the
clevis.
Thanks, glad I'm not alone.
Mike
--- Robert Pastore <rpastore at animalfeeds.com> wrote:
> Mike:
>
> That makes 3 of these failures -- you, me and Bill.
>  All in Avants. A
> coincidence?
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Platt [mailto:mplatt911 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:12 PM
> To: Scar
> Subject: [s-cars] My clutch pedal is overdesigned.
> What should I do?
>
>
> Well, my S6 avant left me stranded for the first
> time
> yesterday. I pushed the clutch pedal in and there
> she
> sat, 60 miles from home. After removing the lower
> dash
> I discovered that the threaded rod and clevis which
> connects the pedal to the clutch master cylinder
> snapped.
> I removed the cylinder from the car with the broken
> peices. I noticed that there is a clevis, a nut,
> another nut, a rubber bushing type device, then the
> cylinder. For the interim fix, I had the two nuts
> welded together thus putting it back together and
> replaced it in the car. Pressure bled the clutch and
> off I went.
> My question is. Do I need to replace the clutch
> cylinder to get the whole rod with the rubber
> bushing
> thingy? The clevis is fine. Just the connection
> between the clevis and bushing is broken. If I
> choose
> to be frugal...who thinks the setup I have created
> will be fine?
> Thanks
> Mike P.
> 95.5 S6 avant
> 75 911 Carrera Targa
> 74 914 2.0
>
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