[urq] Clutch Slave Problem?

[Patrick Carlier]

I wasn't aware these bushings are/were  available separatly .

Had thesame problem . The bore  had become a long hole .
Each time I pressed the pedal , theer was a kind of "click" .

So I drilled it oversize to get it round again ,  then machined a couple of 
phosfor-bronze
bushings wich were pressed and locktighted in .
I think now the pedal will  probably last longer then the entire car . :)

Pat


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <louis-alain.richard at sympatico.ca>
To: "'Newberry Motors Finance'" <nbymotor at up.net>; <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Clutch Slave Problem?


> Yep, indeed, high-milers will surely have worn bushings at the pedal pivot
> (under the dash). Mine were a bit ovalized, but the main play came from
> where the slave cylinder clevis is attached to the pedal. This hole was
> enlarged to the point of being almost twice as long as when new. The
> telltale for this problem, if the firewall is intact/repaired, is the fact
> that the adjuster on the slave cylinder will not be long enough to keep 
> the
> pedal at 10mm from the brake pedal height. I had to create a new round 
> hole
> by welding and drilling to correct this situation.
>
> The car was less than 200 000 km when this happened. Curiously, I've kept 
> a
> pedal from a Coupe GT that was at least 345 000 km (from its odo) and the
> bushings were still mostly intact as was the slave cylinder attaching 
> point.
> I guess the urQ pedal is a lot more hard to depress, especially when old.
>
> Buschings for brake and clutch pedals : 2 for each pedal of 443 721 153A.
>
> Clutch pedal itself, with 2 bushings and rubber pad : 857 721 315C.
>
> Louis-Alain
>
>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>
>> Just an FYI.. I had a simular problem on my 84 at an autocross...  Found
>> out ( Thanks to the guys on this forum ) to look for a crack on the
>> firewall... Sure enough the firewall was cracked and the clutch rod was
>> shifted ..  Called 034 for one of their firewall URQ braces ( Installed )
>> still had a problem... Changed out the master ( Still have a problem ),
>> Changed the slave ( Oh what joy that was doing it in car )... Getting
>> better.. Wasnt until I posted up I had a soft pedal and someone mentioned
>> about the bushings in teh clutch pedal.. yep mine were worn... So bottom
>> line, check everything mentioned above before something else breaks... 
>> lol
>>
>> Tim
>
>
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