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Clutch arms inside the bell housing have had a problem with breaking on the early cars, if your lever on the tranny moves normally but the clutch doesn't offer resistance that is likely it. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" -----Original Message----- From: Rusty Rockers [mailto:cndt3@shaw.ca] Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:57 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: [T3] Broken clutch tube weld? 63 Notch, basically stock This morning I stepped on my clutch, heard a clunk and the pedal went to the floor. The pedal does return but offers very little resistance and does not seem to move the clutch arm far enough for me put the car in gear. I don't see any indication that the cable has stretched. There is still a bend in my Bowden tube (but it's held in a bent shape by a zap strap) and it doesn't appear to have worn through anywhere. I've heard about welds braking along the clutch tube.... Where can I look for this? I don't see anything obviously wrong between the clutch arm and the point where the Bowden tube reaches the body. If my problem is inside the tunnel and I have to start cutting can anyone tell me where I should do this? Thanks, Andre ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~