[s-cars] Clutch Issues

[Fred Munro]

Abe;

Likely a broken actuating rod between the clutch pedal and the clutch master
cylinder if you felt a "pop". It's easy to check - move the drivers seat all
the way back to get better access, remove the under-dash heat vent and the
knee bar cover, and reach in on the left side of the pedal mount and touch
the rod. If it's loose on the clevis, it's broken. When mine broke I drove
the car home by starting it in first gear and rev-matching the shifts. It's
not a difficult fix - I've got a write-up on it somewhere. Let me know if
you need it and I'll send it to you.

Good luck!

Fred Munro
'97 S6

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Subject: [s-cars] Clutch Issues

Gentz,

Was driving the 95.5 S6 Avant back from the dentist to my office today with
mouth numbed and windows open and felt something "pop" in my clutch upon
shifting into fourth gear.  Clutch then stuck to floor.  Pulled it up with
my toe, but to no avail.  Had to pull it over and call for AAA. Cat not
drivable, no hydraulic pressure. Having towed to local Audi wrench.
Thinking pressure plate or slave cylinder, perhaps master. Perhaps some
fluid leaking that I could discern from above, was in work clothes and
didn't want to sacrifice them. Day just keeps getting better. Was on my way
back from having a filling repaired.

Any thoughts on what I am up against?  Only symptom preceding this was a
weird throw-out bearing-ish noise occasionally when pulling out from a
stand-still or when turning wheel sharply at low speed to pull into a
parking spot.  Could be unrelated though.

Car has approximately 115k on the clock and possibly original clutch.  Bill
never replaced it and he bought it at 50-ish from Brian at Coventry
Motorsports way back in the late 90's.

Also, thoughts on replacement clutch to go with?  Not looking for crazy
performance, just something that has a nice cost/performance ratio.  Car has
MTM 1+ chip, samcos, big reds.  That's it.

Abe
Burlington, VT
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