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

[Tom Green]

>

STOP STOP!

Oh, yes, Elvis, there is list experience that jumps out at me.  LUK
was listing the -026 repset for the S6 instead of the -025 repset
that is listed for the URS4, since corrected by motherclutcherz
ebay store or the Clutch Doctor in Denver.

The taller -026 pressure plate contacts the bell housing, and in at
least one case destroyed the transmission housing when the car
was started.  If you used the -026 LUK repset, IMO there is only
one course of action.  Don't rotate the flywheel and clutch any more,
and remove and replace the clutch with the -025 repset.  LUK has
corrected the online catalog and no longer lists the -026 repset for
the URS6 but there are so many old print catalogs out there that
there is no hope of correcting all of them.  A quick comparison of
the old and new clutch assembly will immediately show the
difference.

If this is your problem, hopefully there is no damage, and you can
just do a replacement.  If this is not your problem, inventory your
tools.

Tom


> -----Original Message-----
>
> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 17:39:41 -0800 (PST)
> From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Issue with replacing clutch on 95 S6
> To: Elvis Palombizio <elvis.palombizio at gmail.com>,
> 	s-car-list at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <128671.58835.qm at web65410.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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> There have been alot ofproblems of LUK providing the wrong
> clutch's for the UrS4/S6.
>
> http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/245912.phtml
>
> Hope that isn't your problem!
>
>
> Chris

>
>
>
> --- Elvis Palombizio <elvis.palombizio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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