[urq] Bad clutch master cylinder?

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I checked for damage when I did the master cylinder swap. Nothing visible at
the time.

Keith

'87 WR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Bad clutch master cylinder?


> ... did you check for the damaged firewall situation?  As the car ages
> the firewall flexes more and more, which limits the total range of the
> clutch.
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> >
> > I have very similar symptoms. The main one being that when warm and
> crawling
> > in traffic if I dip the clutch it will suddenly start to drag and it
> has to
> > be wrenched out of gear. I find that if I do not dip all the way to
> the
> > floor it is less likely to occur. Bearing in mind that I have fitted a
> new
> > clutch, new master cylinder and new slave cylinder and new pipe
> between them
> > and have bled litres of fluid through it in various ways and never see
> > bubbles, I think Johns suggestion of the plate sticking on the input
> shaft
> > seems reasonable. Don't go doing what I have done unless you are sure.
> >
> > If you find the cure please let me know.
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