[Vwdiesel] Clutch problems

[James Hansen]

Looks like you're dropping the tranny off regardless, so count on the worst,
hope for the best.  Doesn't sound good tho, sorry for being all doom and
gloom.  Big expensive noises are called that for a reason.

Big vibration when letting the clutch out isn't good, ever.
Have you had this apart recently?  I haven't been keeping track...
Could be anything from broken trans gears, to friction disc failure on the
clutch, but it seems more than just a disc failure from the description.

Hope you're feeling better.
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Erik Lane
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:48 PM
> To: vw fans
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Clutch problems
> 
> So my Jetta had some kind of a breakdown today while my wife was
> driving it.
> She heard a loud noise and then it wouldn't shift. She was lucky to be
> in a
> good spot with a downhill slope into a parking lot.
> 
> When I tried checking it out it acts like either the clutch disk is
> severely
> messed up or the throwout bearing is bad. When I go to release the
> clutch it
> vibrates really bad and there's nasty clunking grinding noise. To make
> things more fun for me I'm running a bad fever today, so after I went
> and
> towed it home I haven't done anything else with it. Oh yeah, after I
> shut it
> back off it acted like the clutch wasn't even there. The lever on the
> transmission was moving, but the clutch wasn't engaging and it was
> super
> easy to push the clutch pedal because it wasn't really doing anything,
> I
> think.
> 
> So is that enough info for anyone to give me an idea of what to look
> for
> when I get back on my feet? I've never really had to work on the clutch
> or
> transmission, for that matter. I need to get this back on the road as
> soon
> as possible.
> 
> Thank you!
> Erik
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