[Vwdiesel] Clutch Noise Problem

[Gavrik Peterson]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:34:06 EST, you wrote:

>anyway, what you're describing sounds like a release
>bearing that is starting to go bad. that bearing is
>what sits on the release fork and actually depresses
>the fingers on the clutch pressure plate.

>Well, on a "regular" car it's that way.  It functions the same way on these
>but it's a bit different.  The release bearing is clear in the other end of 
>the tranny and uses a pushrod to push on the release plate, which pushes the 
>fingers of the pressure plate, releasing the clutch.

>First guess is the bearing except these don't go bad terribly often. The 
>pushrods do tend to wear flat especially if the old release plate's hardened 
>push point was loose or worn.  Check both ends of the pushrod as well 
>as checking it for straight.  There's a bushing in the clutch end of the 
>input shaft, for the pushrod, so check it for wear.  It's smart to replace 
>that bushing if at all worn as well as the seal.  A dry clutch disk is a 
>happy clutch disk.

>Otherwise it'd be stuff like a bent pressure plate finger/s, object in the 
>clutch area, failed shock spring in the clutch disk, etc.
>     Loren


When I first had this problem, I hoped that it would be something as
easy to fix as the release bearing.  At that time I couldn't find
anything wrong with the release bearing or the pushrod.

I don't think that my problem is related to these parts, but I will
check again.  Is the pushrod straight enough, if it appears straight
when one sights along it, or does it have to roll smoothly on a
surface plate?


Gavrik