[s-cars] if i could direct your attention here...

[brian hoeft]

paul, youre a correct recaller, that was my brute of a clutch you pumped...
its been that way ever since tjm sent their 4-puck overkiller. its a great
clutch for certain applications, overkill for my current setup... which will
be different and necessitating such clamping force in the upcoming year.
 the guys at nea assure me that they have replaced dozens of these over the
years with no correlation to clutch setups... did i scoff at that sentiment?
no doubt, but i have heard of many tales of this type of failure with
traditional clutches on less boosted c4's.
 the hydraulic and mechanical components(other than my T/O bearing) are
either new or in great shape. so i guess this is ? collateral damage?
 anyways, im off now to meet a fabricator to discuss options, then figure
out how to swap bushings out of the pedal assemblies... the one from my
parts car was cracked, the one from my cracked assembly is good, but both
are very fragile. then to deal with the over-center spring... another great
day,, for a kick in the d!ck.
 brian -labour of love- h.
 On 9/28/05, pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:
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> Brian Hoefted:
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> <<<Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:27:08 -0400
> From: brian hoeft <surlyq at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] if i could direct your attention here...
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> laugh it up, or offer suggestions.... i didnt feel like retyping my
> pissedoffness.
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> Brian-
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> IIRC (and I don't always)... if your car is the black S4 sedan w/ PA tags
> and A6 4.2 wheels (or similar) @ //SFest... I recall parking yours and
> noting your clutch wasn't long for this world. Pedal pressure was
> exorbitantly high... highest in the mmmmmm 50+ //S cars I've probably
> clutched over these years, uh oh. Usually a consequence of worn pressure
> plate springs I believe.
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> Point is, sorry man/dood, busted pedal clevis is likely the best of your
> woes right now. Hope I'm off here... as er I'm reaaaaly sure your hydraulic
> system needs a peek too... brake pedal was bucking into my foot and was rock
> hard, with idiot light aglow. Those that are suffering busted clevises I'm
> guessing might have stiffer than normal clutches maybe?
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> That really is kinda a neat sidebenny of parking all's you's fool's when
> you come here to sunny CT... I really do get a broad sampling of wide
> degrees of the ranges these cars can iterate. Nearly no 2 are the same in
> tactile inputs... smells, shifter/clutch/brake/steering/seat cushioning/etc.
> stiffness all are dramatically different in one car to another. Even signal
> stalks. Some can feel like entirely different cars, and that's just parking
> them let alone flogging.
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> Anwayz... good luck Brian, hopefully I have the wrong car! Thooooo, it was
> ***someones*** car that day, d'oh, good luck to 'you'. There were certainly
> a handful of smellybadclutchbaker cars present this past year, that grassy
> slope there is the litmus test to any clutch 8-) (THE "//$lippery
> //$lope"???)...
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> -Paul arse seen more C4 Recaros than toiletseats K.
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