[s-cars] Clutch Master Replaced, difficulty shifting into 1st & 2nd gear now... thoughts?

[Fred Munro]

James, James, James....

Obviously you have offended the Audi gods by allowing the unclean to
approach the shrine rather than performing the requisite sacrifices
yourself....

Now to find the appropriate petitions to assuage their anger. You may have
to buy some dispensations....

A few things come to mind..

1. The clutch is not disengaging completely. How close to the floor is the
clutch pedal when the clutch engages/disengages? It should be fairly high up
in the travel. When I did my master cylinder, I had a hard time getting all
the air out of the system, and the pedal started off low and came up with
use as (presumably) air bled out of the system and into the brake fluid
reservoir.

2. The shift linkage is out of alignment. You don't have to get anywhere
near the shift linkage to change the clutch master cylinder, but stranger
things have happened at dealerships.

3. The dealer mechanic took it for a test drive and tried a few power
shifts. I've seen this lock up the UrS 1st/2nd gears at the ice drags. The
fix is to...drive it for a few months until it loosens back up. Go figure...

4. Check that the dealer set the master cylinder actuating rod at the
correct length. There should be some play ay the top of the travel before
the master cylinder pressurizes the system. If not, you'll need a new clutch
before long. This wouldn't cause your shifting problem, but it's something
to watch for.

If this happens again, you can drive the car home by starting it in first
gear and shifting without a clutch provided you are not in stop and go
traffic. That's how I got my car home when my master cylinder went. I did
drive through the city, but we've got a lot less traffic than Montreal.

Bonne chance, mon frere.

HTH

Fred Munro




-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of James Murray
Sent: February 25, 2008 11:39 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] Clutch Master Replaced,difficulty shifting into 1st &
2nd gear now... thoughts?


Hi Guys,
I had my Clutch Master replaced, the pedal went straight to the floor,
got the car back from the dealer (wait before you flame me, I'll explain
below) and now it's difficult to shift into 1st & 2nd gear? any
thoughts?

While driving on the bridge the pedal went straight to the floor and I
was stranded and had to be towed, I was too far out to have the car
towed to a garage that I knew, and I was leaving on a trip so I had no
timje to do it myself, so I needed the car back ASAP... so in haste I
had it towed to the dealer. Well I was quoted $1600 to $3200 for the fix
(they wanted to change everything possible), I asked that only the
Clutch Master be changed (the clutch was already changed 62K miles ago),
but now it's very difficult to shift into 1st & 2nd gear...but the other
gears are okay? what could have happened?

Any thoughts? I'm afraid the dealer will claim there are other issues
that need to be fixed, "we did only as you asked" :-(

Could the shifter linkage be out of alignement? or is there an
adjustment for the Clutch Master (not engaging fully)
Cheers, /Jamu.

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