I've been kinda going through the same thing. Did you lubricate the splines on the tranny's input shaft? Did the throughout bearing yoke move freely? Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McEachern" <glmce@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 5:46 PM Subject: Clutch pedal pressure
> Hello > When I converted my '87 Wolfy from automatic to standard I installed a used > clutch disk presure plate with new master and slave cylinders. I found the > pressure required to disengage the clutch was quite heavy compared to the > clutch on my '90 Westy. I subsequently replaced the clutch and pressure > plate with the standard Sachs clutch kit. No change! > > Is there a reason why the clutch on the '90 is significantly easier to > engage ans dis-engage? Has anyone else experienced this? Could the pedal > assembly be different on the later models. Lighter spring on the clutch > pedal maybe? > > Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Gary > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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