[s-cars] UrS6 Monday morning clutch woes

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Hey Peter,
 
  Sounds like you have a hydraulic issue there but new clutch is a  good 
idea if it's really old. They get so stiff after a while.
 
  I did a writeup of my clutch install years ago but I think it's gone  
from the archives at this point.  I didn't mess with the hydraulics though  
which it sounds like you are going to need at least a new slave. 
 
Did my first one on ramps and would not recommend it. OEM clutch  is kit 
luk. (actually sachs and luk both sell oem kits. The oem pressure  plate is 
luk and the disc is sachs.
 
I just sanded the glaze off of the flywheel with some emory cloth. 
 
Been a long time but if I remember anything else of significance I'll let  
you know.
 
Chad Tobin 
 
 
In a message dated 10/10/2011 10:06:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
s-car-list-request at audifans.com writes:

From:  Peter Schulz <p.schulz at verizon.net>
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Subject: [s-cars] UrS6 Monday morning  clutch woes...
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Sharing my morning...hope your's has gone  better.

Patient...1995.5 S6 Avant, 175k miles, MTM1+

I left  house this morning for some important meetings in the office.

Drove  onto the on ramp to the highway. 
Trouble started when accelerating onto  the high way, went to put 
transmission into 5th gear.
Depressed clutch,  shifter didnt want to move into 5th...or any gear.

pumped clutch,  finally got it into 4th, drove to exit.
Got it out of 4th, turned off car,  put into 1st started car in gear....
Combination of pumping clutch and rev  matching got it home, swapped cars 
(nice to have a spare or two when owning an  older audi (see my sig)
Car is sitting in driveway, sitting in  neutral...can't put transmission 
into reverse.

Figuring out what I'm  going to do....thinking its a clutch job, likely to 
do slave at same  time..
I'm capable of doing this, but without a lift,  and never  having done one, 
likely going to have the work done.

Looking to stay  with a stock level/grade clutch.

Appreciate any BTDTs, BTDDT (Been  there dont do that) , etc..

Hope your Monday is going  better.

ps> it's my Birthday today, not sure what my car is trying  to tell me ;-)


-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma,  USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5  S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90Q 20v Q Red
1991 90Q 20v Indigo
1991  CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)