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Clutch operating shaft forks broken; throwout bearing fallen off one side, or broken up? Dave. UK VW Type 3&4 Club www.hallvw.clara.net/ -----Original Message----- From: S1ckb0y13@aol.com <S1ckb0y13@aol.com> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org> Date: 17 November 1998 07:13 Subject: Re: type3-d Digest V98 #60 ???, I went "round a bend" today and suddenly lost all ability to shift >into gear. I got safely into a parking lot only after grinding into second, >(ouch). Heres the details: Clutch pedal feels much stiffer, like it doesn't >want to go down all the way, used to go down smoothly. Car starts fine, but >refuses to go into gear, even with clutch forced all the way down, can find >all gears with the engine off though. Disk and pressure plate replaced 4 years >ago, cable 6 mos. old and looks fine, fluid fine (checked every oil change), >everything else was there when I got the car. No bad noises. ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org