Bad pilot bearing. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler 92-Jetta GWC www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Michael A. Radtke wrote: > Hello, > > Yesterday, I experienced a bad case of clutch drag. Enough to make the > car creep in 4th gear and to require starting the car in gear to drive > it. This happened at start up at about 75 degrees F. > > The problem persisted for 20 minutes of driving but went away 2 blocks > from home. > > I let the car cool a few hours and then test drove it again. I couldn't > reproduce the problem, but then it suddenly came back just as I was > about to give up. After two shifts, the problem was gone again. I > couldn't get it back again, so I gave up. > > This morning I drove to work, 20 minutes, without any problem. > > There is no change to the clutch feel and the "real" friction point > stays where it should be even when the clutch is dragging. > > What's going on? > > Thanks, > > Mike Phoenix, AZ > |
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