[s-cars] Issue with replacing clutch on 95 S6

[Elvis Palombizio]

I received an 02-026 clutch, and it looks like I fell victim to the wrong
clutch!!! I'll have to take the tranny back down to make sure but jesus,
thank god the car didn't start! I saw Chris Chambers email regarding what
happened to his bell housing after the clutch install.... all I can hope is
that there was no damage on the inside of the transmission when I tried to
start.. I didn't lose a chunk of my bell housing and it seems like when the
car was started, the flywheel didn't travel far enough to generate enough
force to cause harm... crap, looks like I gotta take it all back apart..

Thanks so much for the responses guys.. Looks like I gotta get a refund on
my clutch and have no car for ANOTHER few days until I get the right clutch.
Will keep you posted.


On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Jerry Scott <jerryscott at wispertel.net>wrote:

> Are you sure that you used the correct clutch part number?  There are two
> and LUK has had the wrong number in their files. for the Urs4.  If the
> transmission case was hard to pull up to the engine bell housing, you may
> have the wrong one.
> Jerry
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elvis Palombizio" <
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> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 6:17 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Issue with replacing clutch on 95 S6
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>  Seasons Greetings S-heads,
>>      What better way to end 2008 than to replace the clutch on my 95 s6.
>> The throwout bearing was going big time so I figured I'd do it
>> myself..with
>> the help of a friend and his shop's lift of course!
>>
>>     Anyways, I use a LUK repset and had the flywheel machined.. also
>> replaced the clutch slave cylinder pilot bearing and the usual items.
>>
>>    Last night, we put the car back together and the engine seems "locked".
>> Car can't start. The starter works fine, but the flywheel only turns a
>> little bit now before its movement is prevented from going further. Now
>> when
>> I put the flywheel on, I know the flywheel could turn on its own, but
>> before
>> I take the whole thing back apart, was just wondering if anything jumps
>> out
>> at any of you.
>>
>> Hope your holidays go well!
>>
>> --
>> Elvis
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Elvis Palombizio