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On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 23:16, Jim Adney wrote: > On 1 May 2002, at 8:08, Everett Barnes wrote: > > > An experienced Bus owner once told me that they just use an open-ended 7mm > > wrench to test for clutch disc thickness. If the wrench slips on, the disc is > > past its wear limit. > > There are even VW manuals which specify this way of doing it, but I finally > realized that many of the modern disks were made differently so that they > failed this test even when new. You really just need to look at how close you > are to getting down to the rivet heads, and you need a new one to compare > to the first time around; it's really not much at all, maybe .020" > There used to be wear grooves in the friction material on most clutch disks. I have always gone that with assessing clutch wear. But, I haven't bought a VW clutch in quite a few years. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe