Re: [T3] Clutch and cable tube (more bad glands, too)

["Drake ." <vw_type3@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>When you push in the clutch the throw-out bearing rides on the pressure 
plate, generally the first place that people think of when there is a noise. 
Dont forget that during this time, the tranny input shaft is no longer 
turning at the same speed as the engine, so the pilot bearing/bushing is 
also turing around the tranny input shaft.

Drake

> not replace the gland nut, but i still have a noise when the clutch is 
> >pressed in. i, too, have an oil leak i cannot trace (lots o oil under 
> >there, wheres it coming from?) and cannot stop.

> > As it turns out, the gland nut may have been the noisy culprit! It was
> > spraying oil all over my clutch plates - which would also explain the oil


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