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

[Elvis Palombizio]

All,
  Finally got the s-!itch back on the road tonight... finally... got the new
02-025 clutch last Wednesday and I must say the clutch feels almost like a
Honda/Acura clutch now....almost! After 6 weeks with no car I must say the
car feels odd, but I'm sure it'll take some time (or a few casino trips from
Hartford) for the clutch to burn in.

I want to thank everyone who chimed in and helped me out with this clutch
ordeal... after tearing out and installing the clutch TWICE, I feel pretty
good about the lessons learned, but.... I'll have to agree with Bill and say
I'm definitely outsourcing next time!!!

E

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Bill M <airbil at gmail.com> wrote:

> Elvisman,
> You are one brave S man!
> BTDT too many times underneath and now beg to outsource.  But I am
> admittedly now a baby.
> That said, one thing to consider is that bracket that holds a coolant pipe
> on the drivers side.
> It fits sooo perfectly into a recess in the bell housing that it looks like
> it belongs there.  It really does.
> It does not belong there and IME could preclude a flywheel from turning
> since it is about eight inches of heavy metal.   This bracket is really
> supposed to be attached to a bolt OUTSIDE of the bellhousing that secures it
> to the motor.
> The bad news IIRC is that the only way to pull this back into proper
> position is to back off the bell housing again, which in effect is almost
> the same as a do over anyhoo.  The bracket has I think two slight S curves.
> Maybe the bell housing could be just loosened, the bracket cut off and
> maybe the piece fished out from the bottom but I dont think so..  worth a
> looksee though.. if this is the problem.
> HTH
> Bill~leads the league in tranny delta's~m
>
>


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Elvis Palombizio