Date:         Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:12:59 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
Subject:      Re: 84 vanagon.  Push on clutch and does not move
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At 11:58 AM 4/27/2001, puzerewski wrote:
>Has this happened to anyone?   The dude tells me it is a needle bearing that
>owns it, but I have my doubts.  It does not budge one iota.  Brakes have
>plenty of pedal, so I know it is not a hydraulic issue.

I think your mission is to find out whether the pedal is stuck
mechanically, or the slave cylinder is extended as far as it can go, or the
release fork is frozen, or ???

I'd expect some mechanical play in the pedal even if everything were bound
up tight at the clutch...but opening the bleeder and shoving the pedal
would tell you which end of the system you were dealing with.

I don't recall any needle bearings anywhere in there.  The release fork has
plastic sleeve bearings.

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"