[s-cars] Broken clutch pedal - again!

[Tony]

When the clutch went to the floor on my S6 my tech replaced the master cylinder but he advised me that the catch was probably on the way out. Put on a south bend clutch and new 034 flywheel.

Food for thought.

Tony
96 S6

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> On Mar 28, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net> wrote:
> 
> Happened to me on a different car.  MR2 Turbo.  In that case the bung had fallen out of the exhaust and it was blowing hot air on the slave cylinder. Probably not the case here, but worth mentioning.
> 
> Jeremiah
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Rodriguez
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 8:48 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Broken clutch pedal - again!
> 
> Folks,
> 
> 
> 
> The clutch pedal on my '95 S6 has broken, again.  This is the third time
> this has happened in the life of the car (270K miles).  The symptom is the
> pedal goes all the way to the floor and doesn't come back up, and doesn't
> engage the clutch.  The pedal can be manually pulled up to its normal
> position, but if pressed again it goes to the floor and stays there.
> Something in the pedal or linkage is broken.  The car is in the shop this
> morning for a diagnosis and repair quote.  Has anyone else encountered this
> problem?  I wanted to get the wisdom of this group before I speak further
> with the shop.
> 
> 
> 
> As I said, this has happened twice before on this car. The first time I
> think there was a break somewhere in the linkage.  The second time the break
> was in the pedal itself.  It seems odd to me that this would be a recurring
> problem. did Audi's engineers design a flimsy system?  How can I prevent
> this from happening again?
> 
> 
> 
> Any advice or experience would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Rodriguez
> 
> '95 S6, 270K miles
> 
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