[s-cars] FW: clutch issue-95.5 s6

[Sean Douglas]

Mine does the same thing. I have 144,000 km on an original clutch and it
vibrates slightly when engaging/disengaging. I attribute this to bad
throw-out bearing.

I've decided to live with it and replace the t/o bearing when the clutch
goes.

Sean

Sean Douglas
1997 Audi S6//RS2-spec
1990 Audi 90 quattro 20v


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Rokas Reipa
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] FW: clutch issue-95.5 s6
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> The clutch is original, as far as I can tell. Car has 138k 
> miles. The funny thing is, the vibration does not persist 
> when the clutch is completely pressed in(disengaged) and held 
> down; it only vibrates AS the clutch is being pressed down. 
> Similarly, as the clutch is being released(car gets moving), 
> it vibrates as the clutch comes into contact but does not 
> when 100% engaged. I was thinking t/o bearing as well and was 
> hoping it wouldn't be that. How much of a pita is it to 
> change it on these cars and is there a definite way of 
> pinpointing it as being the culprit? Thanks,
> 
> Rokas
> 95.5 S6
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Calvin & Diana Craig [mailto:calvinlc at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:47 PM
> To: Rokas Reipa; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] FW: clutch issue-95.5 s6
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> How new/old is the clutch setup?  Since it only occurs when 
> the clutch is "engaged" I would wonder about a possible 
> throwout bearing??? --Calvin
> 
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> Reipa
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> Subject: [s-cars] FW: clutch issue-95.5 s6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rokas Reipa [mailto:rokasreipa at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:23 PM
> To: 's-car-list at audifans.com'
> Subject: clutch issue-95.5 s6
> 
> Ladies and Gents,
> 
> Bled the clutch+brakes last week using my newly acquired 
> Motiv pressure bleeder. Horrendous-looking and smelling fluid 
> came out of the clutch slave cyl, made me glad I decided to 
> bleed. The feel of the clutch, interestingly enough, didn't 
> change all that much. Now, a week later, I am getting 
> palpable rough clutch pedal vibrations upon 
> engaging(releasing) the clutch in first and second gears. The 
> same vibrations manifest when pushing in the clutch at 
> anything higher than ~3000rpm. This is starting to worry me. 
> The clutch otherwise behaves(I think) fine; it engages about 
> halfway and does not seem to slip. What could these 
> vibrations signify, if anything? Getting very worried here. 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> Rokas
> 95.5 S6
> 
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