Re: Audi clutch problems

[treilley_at_BANKMARK@conseco.com (treilley)]

     Number 1, a slipping clutch will not make it difficult to shift into 
     gear.
     
     Number 2, if it is a broken cable or spring, you would feel it in the 
     pedal(easier to push)
     
     Number 3, having the car turned off will not aid you in diagnosing 
     this problem.  No matter what the condition of the clutch, the car 
     will shift into any gear fairly easily when it is not running.
     
     Number 4, get a second opinion if you are not willing to tear it apart 
     yourself.
     
     Good Luck.
     
     Tim 90CQ, 77Spitfire


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Subject: Audi clutch problems
Author:  Alex Zhukovsky <azhukovs@fac.har.sunysb.edu> at Internet
Date:    4/11/96 6:27 PM


     
     
Hi, folks!
I desperately need your help. On Sunday night my girlfriend was 
driving our AUDI 5000 on a freeway and everything was fine until she 
approached the toll booth. She put the stick in neutral, then she 
decided that she needed to speed up a bit and tried to put it in a 
2-nd gear but it did not want to go there. She said that she heard no 
noises from the clutch and that there was no sign of slipping before, 
but from then on she could not shift into any gear when the car was 
started, but could shift in any gear easily if the motor was off. She 
is pretty experienced with cluthches and she tried to drive the car as 
follows: she would shut the engine, shift into 1-st gear, then start 
the car pressing on the gas pedal, speed up so that RPM's would match 
those appropriate for shifting into 2-nd and then it would shift in!, 
but if RPM don't match it would not, and the same thing was with the 
3-rd, 4-th and 5-th gears. I was away then and could not take a look 
at the car, but my first thought was that the clutch cable got 
disconnected from the pedal and I told her to take the car to the 
mechaninc, thinking it'd be a very cheap repair. He told her that that 
could be the broken pressure plate inside the clutch as well, but it 
was the closing time already, so he said her to call on the next day. 
When she called she was told that the clutch is "slipping" (!) and the 
car needs a new one. I can hardly beleive that this is true for I know 
how the problem started. But could it be that one of the plates got 
broken and was blocking enetering into the gear and then somehow 
relocated so that you can shift into gears when the motor is on, but 
the clutch is slipping since there is not enough pressure, or is it 
still the cable, or is it something else? There was no slightest sign 
of slipping before! I will greatly appreciate all the responses! 
Thanks, Alex Zhukovsky.