[s-cars] Clutch Issues

[Abe Berman]

All,

Ended up being a broken actuator rod and blown master cylinder.  I had the
shop replace the master, slave, and rod at a total of $690.

He said clutch feels fine now, albeit in his words "as good as the s-car
stock clutches ever really feel at least".

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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Steve Mills <s.b.mills at gmail.com> wrote:

> For whatever reason, 95.5's are prone to T/O bearing failures. Clutch
> effort gets much heavier than stock, and eventually something goes. You
> could have:
> - A failed slave
> - Broken clutch pedal. You can weld it or buy new- last time I checked
> ~$80.
> - A broken actuator rod between the clutch pedal and the master.
>
> Check the clutch effort on another S-car with a recent clutch job- if you
> slam it into the floor on first try, your clutch is on borrowed time and
> other stuff will break even if you fix the current issue.
>
> Steve
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Abe Berman <yellowcuda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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