Had to remove the arm on my 87 GL once and no matter how much i did it would not come off. I finally used an automotive puller and it came off in moments. The right tool for the job works best. Claudio Cella 87 Vanagon GL 7 pass 90 Jetta TD ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 3:47 PM Subject: Re: clutch release lever removal
> Try hammering gently with a punch on the center of the shaft. There is > room at the far inside end for the shaft to go a little deeper into it's > hole. Once the arm is off you remove the set screw on the back near the > clutch slave bracket. Then force the shaft to come out the left side a > little so it will push the nylon bushing out enough for you to grab it. > With the nylon bushing removed you can then work the shaft out. Don't > move or remove the inner circlip as it is what you will use to push > against the nylon bushing after the set screw is out. > > Mark > > dr wrote: > > > > Looking for ideas on how to remove the clutch release lever from the > > release shaft on an 82 manual transmission. Trans is out and on the > > ground. Hanyes simple instructions of "remove the circlip and withdraw > > the release lever" leaves out the part about the lever being rusted and > > tightly fused to the shaft. > > > > david |
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