[V8] Clutch disc confusion

[Coleman, David]

Doesn't that figure... though when I did a clutch job a couple years
ago, the pedal was just about as hard to operate afteward as it had been
before.

 
 
> You too?
> 
> After a monumental battle of re-installing my transmission by 
> myself, with the car only high enough off the ground that I 
> had to slide the bell housing through the wheel well, I 
> hooked up and bled the clutch slave. The clutch pedal was so 
> easy to push in I convinced myself I had forgotten the throw 
> out bearing. I had to stop and think hard about pulling the 
> transmission back out now or waiting untill it was fully 
> re-assembled to find out I did something wrong. I had to go 
> sleep on it it was so depressing. I decided pull it back 
> enough to see that I had in fact install it properly. I now 
> know that a hard to operate clutch is a common Audi symptom 
> of a toasted clutch.
> 
> 
> Live and learn I guess... (and it has been fine ever since)
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> Quoting "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>:
> 
> > I usually just pick a configuration, put it all together, and if it 
> > doesn't work on the test drive, simply take back apart and 
> flip it over.
> >
> > -dc-
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> > > [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Huw Powell
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:02 PM
> > > To: Kneale Brownson
> > > Cc: v8 at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
> > > Subject: Re: [V8] Clutch disc confusion
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks to Jim's "test" (holding the clutch disc up to the
> > > flywheel), I
> > > > determined that the side with the little yellow springs 
>  had to go 
> > > > into the space in the pressure plate.
> > >
> > > See, I told ya it would only work one way... I just 
> didn't tell you 
> > > which way or how to figure out which way...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Huw Powell
> > >
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