[Vwdiesel] Slipping Clutch and Crazy Idea
brian hoeft
qweblog at gmail.com
Tue May 25 20:31:50 PDT 2010
I thought only guys like me in Pennsyltucky ever heard of doing crazy shit
like this..
I suspect in my friends case, what happened is either he did it when the
friction surfaces were hot or the chemicals disintegrated & broke apart the
clutch material and got lodged in a bad way. ... end result was a cracked
(in multiple spots) pressure plate and clutch disk. hes lucky he didnt punch
a hole in his case.
-brian
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:52 PM, <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 5/25/2010 5:59:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> davevw at yahoo.com writes:
>
> > Just how crazy is the idea of emptying a can or two of brake cleaner into
> > the bellhousing with the clutch pedal pressed (so the disc isn't
> > contacting anything) and engine idling, hoping to clean off the oil that
> is
> > presumably causing it to slip?
> >
>
> Depends on WHY it's slipping. If it's worn to where there's not
> enough pressure or if it's riding on rivets then it ain't gonna help.
> If it's all oily from leaks then it might. You might do better with
> a mix of degreaser like Super Clean, available cheaply at Wally World.
> Stuff a rag in the drain area and run a gallon of mix through it while
> working the clutch at idle. I did similar with straight water once and
> it helped a bit, for a while.
> You'll have to get the bellhousing at least about a third full to get stuff
>
> inside the flywheel to the disk, as Roger pointed out.
> It could be glazed, with hot spots, from slipping also.
> Loren
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