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On 8 Dec 2005 at 0:36, David Yaghoubian wrote: > btw/ the clutch fork kits from Mid-America are lame: the circlips were WAY > too large (larger internal diameter than the fork rod itself... not even > close!) so I had to use my old ones, You should send them some feedback on this. They should know better. I assume this kit included the rod AND the circlips, so they had everything in their hands that they needed to know to realize this wasn't a winning combination. > and after all that trouble getting the right side brass bushing out, the > replacement was not large enough to seat firmly in the hole in the case > (sliding in and out easily) and thus is probably rotating every time I > depress the clutch. Since my tranny is dying (poor leaky thing's got about > 135k on it, so not bad!) I'm due for a replacement within the next year, > otherwise I'd be very pissed off about the internal bushing (which I assume > will eventually wear down the hole in the case if it is rotating?). I'd send them some feedback on that, too. They may be trying to get by with an inch size that is more easy to come by in the US. Loctite makes a compound that will lock it in place. You just need to clean both pieces first and then apply just enough of the material to fill the gap. VW trannys generally run for at least 200k, so yours may not be as bad as you think. You're right, you DON'T want things rotating at the wrong joint. The first time I did this job was on a friend's '65 bug in about 1970. I think he bought all his new parts at the dealer, but when we went to put them all together, the turned-down right end of the clutch shaft was too large to fit in that bushing. I had to turn it down on a lathe to match his old part. So it's always possible that you got a rogue part. > Nevertheless, the new fork/bearing/spring make an amazing difference.... > clutch jerk is gone, and for some reason it's easier to shift between gears. Congratulations. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~