Date:         Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:17:10 -0600
Reply-To:     "Justin B. Jensen" <jjensen@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Justin B. Jensen" <jjensen@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Worn Clutch or bad Slave?
Comments: To: The Blackhams <steph@USWEST.NET>
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Check for:
A leak at the clutch slave.  Attempt to bleed air from the line to the
clutch slave.  If this doesn't help you've got a problem with the clutch
master or slave cylinder.  The hydraulic clutch actuation assembly
compensates for wear in the clutch assembly and therefore pedal travel is
not a good indication of clutch wear as it is in mechanical systems.

Good luck-

Justin Jensen
SLC Utah


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of The Blackhams
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Worn Clutch or bad Slave?


I'm getting a deminished clutch pedal of only about a 1/3 to 1/4 pedal.  Is
this a sign of a worn clutch disc, or a bad slave unit.  What symptoms
distinquish one from the other.  Bentley sucks on this topic.  On a bay
window, I'd adjust up the cable and it would tell me if the disc was shot.
Hydralic I don't know.  I'm sure someone on this list has the answer and
hope you will share it.

Thanks
Have fun

Steve Blackham
Centerville, Utah
77 Bus converted to camper (westy top)
87 Vanagon Weekender

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