[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
Jim Thanks for that. I will be DIY'ing this one. I'm fortunate that I have another car I can use for commuting. Anyway, update: Driving home the clutch really let me know it was unhappy. 4th gear, 40-50mph for 10 minutes, then downshift to find the clutch has all but disappeared. Cue hazards and hard shoulder. I ended up driving from downtown Seattle to home in 2nd during rush hour. But Im home! To your point about the clutch noise. I've had the car 4 months or so and I knew that it was on the way out from day 1. But, brake work, fuel work etc took precedence. As for cost and advice, I see that JC Whitney are asking 90 bucks for the clutch kit - do you have a link to an article somewhere that may be able to give me pointers on things to bear in mind when pulling the clutch? Ta in advance Lee 68 Fastback Seattle --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 11 Apr 2006 at 12:34, LeeAC wrote: > > > Driving into work today and it finally happened. > > The whining noise that occurs when I depress the > > clutch more than 75% morphed into the pedal > getting > > very stiff, a very noisy rattling sound when the > > clutch wasn't depressed (partly from the clutch > pedal > > rattling away, and partly from the rear of the > car), > > and when I push the engine to do anything over > 2500 > > revs the din is enough to make a tiger tank driver > > reminisce over old times. > > > > So, do I need a new clutch? > > There are LOTs of things that it could be, but most > all of them are related to > the clutch. Here's a list of possibilities: clutch > plate, pressure plate, > throwout bearing, throwout bearing cross shaft, > pilot bearing, and clutch > cable. Given your symptoms, I don't think the cable > is the problem, but you > won't know exactly which of the others is the > problem until you get it apart. > > Most shops will not bother to try to figure out the > actual cause of the > problem, because that takes longer and makes them > less money. They will just > replace everything, sometimes even the flywheel, > too. > > Personally, if I had to guess, my guess would be the > throwout bearing or the > cross shaft, with the pressure plate coming in next. > If it's been making noise > for a long time, however, then things might be nasty > in there and you may have > damaged parts that would have been okay if you had > fixed it right away. > > The cheapest way to fix it is to do it yourself, but > this requires removing the > engine. If you take it to a shop that will be the > most expensive, because they > will replace everything possible; it's also a > potential problem with a FI car, > because those shops frequently get things hooked up > wrong when they put the > engine back together. > > Where are you located? That will help find you good > service. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com