Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 19:07:50 -0500
Reply-To: Gary McEachern <glmce@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Gary McEachern <glmce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Do I have a Broken Clutch?????
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I had the same thing (symptom) happen to me last year while pulling out of a
toll booth near Saratoga NY. I just managed to get the van into 4th gear
before the clutch completely jammed. I had a van full of Boy Scouts, a full
tank of gas and I was 225 miles from my home near Boston. I managed to drive
straight through almost to Boston before I had to stop for gas.
It turned out that the rivets holding the plate and springs on the clutch
plate had let loose. Parts fell all over the ground when I removed the
pressure plate.
Now that's what I call a real clutch kit! I replaced the clutch components
and all was well.
Gary
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From: Brian Yonker <b.l.yonker@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Reply-To: Brian Yonker <b.l.yonker@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: [VANAGON] Do I have a Broken Clutch?????
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 16:50:59 -0500
Hello Volks,
I am very upset! I just put in a new(used) trans in my Syncro and finished
it yesterday. It ran great and today after I topped off the Tranny oil, I
pulled out of the garage to park next to my Westy so I could swap radios.
Well, it had been snowing all day and the Westy was parked in the yard. The
Syncro got stuck (No front driveshaft yet) and I tryed to get out but just
spun the rear right tire. While going through the gears to try to get the
Van to move, it stalled out in 4th. After the stall, I couldn't move the
shifter out of 4th and the clutch pedal will not move. I pulled it out with
my 4wd Suburban and got it in nuetral. The van will start in each gear and
drive, but still no clutch. I checked the hydraulic system and it was fine.
When I oped the bleeder screw on the slave cylinder, the clutch pedal went
to the floor. This tells me that something is binding up in the
bellhousing. Has anyone had any experience with this? Do you think I
Busted the pressure plate or something else?
Any help or conclusions are greatly appreciated. Please P-mail me because I
am on digest mode.
Brian
86 Syncro
82 Diesel Westy
87 Syncro for parts
Suffolk, VA
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