[Vwdiesel] Clutch problems

[Erik Lane]

When I went to start it everything was fine until I was easing the clutch
pedal back out with it in gear. As soon as the clutch started to grab was
when I got all the vibration. I haven't tried to start it since then. I'm
pretty much resigned to pulling the tranny at this point. If I don't see an
obvious problem once I have the clutch apart then I'll start worrying about
the transmission. But it still shifts like normal with the engine off.
Everything feels like I expect it to there, so I'm pretty hopeful to not
have any internal problems with it.

Problem with trying it out, like you say, is that right now something is
lodged in there and the clutch feels like it's disengaged right now, just
from the lack of pressure on the pedal. So I think there's something either
holding the push-rod out of place or there's something extra caught up in
the disc/pressure plate area.

Thanks!
Erik

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:52 PM, mark shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:

> Erik,
> Can you start engine out of gear with no issue?
> Does it shout at you only when attempting to put it in to gear?
> You could start it on a slope and drive it locally, changing gear without
> the clutch and see if the gearbox is ok. Would only take a few hundred yards
> to check out, and would then tell you it's the thrust bearing/clutch plate
> only...
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Lane" <eriklane at gmail.com>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Clutch problems
>
>
>
>
>> Thank you everyone! I appreciate your time, as much as the answer wasn't
>> quite what I wanted to hear! :)
>>
>> This car has been a little frustrating this month. Twice in as many weeks
>> it
>> has stranded my wife somewhere. That's a pretty bad track record... Good
>> thing that it's also just twice in the eight years that I've owned it!
>>
>> Oh well, I guess I need to figure out something else for a while until I
>> can
>> get it repaired. I finally got over the fever, but I'm still exhausted, so
>> it will be a while.
>>
>> Thank you again, everyone!
>>
>> Erik
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:56 AM, <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>   Not likely to be the throw out bearing since they're small, run in oil,
>>> sit
>>> at the other end of the tranny and so forth.  I'd guess either your
>>> disk's
>>> rivets let go or the/some fingers on the pressure plate broke (or the
>>> bolts
>>>
>>> backed out and it's loose in there.)  As James said, tranny'll have to
>>> come
>>>
>>> out and do some clutch work.  Be sure to inspect the pushrod and its
>>> bushing and seal.  It could easily be bent.
>>>   Loren
>>>
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