[Vwdiesel] Slipping Clutch and Crazy Idea

[Dave Cook]

Now the degreaser idea seems like a good one!  I wasn't thinking about the flywheel design making it hard to get anything in there.

I don't know for sure why it is slipping, but the guy claimed it was new when it bought the car last fall, and there has been oil spots so I am kinda assuming but haven't inspected really deeply yet.  

I may try the degreaser though, sure doesn't seem like it could hurt much.

Dave Cook


--- On Wed, 5/26/10, LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Slipping Clutch and Crazy Idea
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 2:52 AM
> 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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