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Date:         Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:09:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Subject:      Re: LUK Clutch Kits available!
In-Reply-To:  <IBEMIMEBBBEOIIGIKKAHAEPBDJAA.vanagon@busdepot.com>
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Ron, Great post! Specialy after "very exiting" veggy thread... So, Ken, what is your clutch kit? Now that confusion is cleared... Leon 85 Subwagen Westy

1/31/02 4:45:57 AM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:

>> I have just started carrying the LUK brand clutch kits for the >> Vanagon. These are the kits that are more heavy duty for the >> syncro Vanagon. They come with disc, pressure plate, throwout >> bearing, pilot bearing, and alignment tool. I would like to >> offer these at a list special for the next couple of weeks for >> $180. Please email me or call if you are interested. > > >Actually, if they're coming from LuK of North America, they are the LuK >competitor to the stock Sachs kit. Very good kit, and perhaps heavier duty >than the Sachs kit. But not the fabled "syncro" kit. While there is a >"heavy duty" version of the LuK kit, it is not sold in North America (I have >to import it right from Germany myself) - and is not actually a "syncro" kit >either, for that matter. > >To clear up the first point of confusion, there never was a special clutch >kit for the Syncro. Late '89 and newer Vanagons used a slightly different >(and slightly heavier duty) clutch kit, mainly designed to reduce clutch >pedal travel. This has been erroneously referred to here on the Vanagon list >as a Syncro kit, whereas in fact it was used on all Vanagons from a certain >VIN number on, Syncro or not. > >But that kit is not sold in the U.S. by LuK or by Sachs, and hasn't been for >years. In the U.S., both manufactuers have superceded this heavier duty kit >to the standard '80-89 kit. They now ship it for all applications '80-91. > >However, in Europe, LuK DOES still make that heavy duty '89-91 kit, and >that's where I have to get it. (In fat, even there I have to special order >it.) It can be identified because it does not come with the alignment tool >and pilot bearing like the ones distributed in North America do. In fact >it's a totally different kit from the one sold by LuK in the U.S.; even the >throwout bearing is slightly different (although they are interchangeable). >While this kit is a direct replacement for '89-91, it could be considered an >upgrade for all Vanagons, and we sell it as such. The price is $189 with >listmember discount. > >We also sell the standard LuK kit. This is the one that comes with alignment >tool etc. and can be obtained through normal channels. It is LuK's version >of the standard Vanagon clutch kit - their direct competitor to the Sachs >kit- which they sell as fitting '80-91 (and it does, but like the Sachs is >technically actually correct only for '80-89). While it might be considered >"heavy duty" compared to the Sachs kit, it is not the same as the heavy duty >LuK kit mentioned above. It runs $143 with listmember discount. > >Finally, we sell the stock Sachs kit (again, sold as fitting '80-91, but >technically correct for '80-89). This is $114 with listmember discount. > >Personally I would rate the desirability of the kits in the order that I >listed them. The $189 kit is the best, followed by the stock LuK kit, and >then the Sachs one. Right now I have the Sachs kit in my Vanagon, and so do >most of my customers. But I am going to replace my clutch soon on my own >Westy, and the $189 kit is the one I'm going to use. For as much of a hassle >as a clutch job is, in my opinion it's just plain silly not to use the best >clutch parts available. > >- Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > (215) 234-VWVW > www.busdepot.com > >_____________________________________________ >Toll-Free for Orders by Part # 1-866-BUS-DEPOT > >


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