In desperate cases I put a glob of weld on the lever on either side of the shaft hole and then use a small pitman arm puller on the lever. The globs provide something for the puller arms to grab. I had to laugh recently when someone suggested pulling the lever off before pulling the tranny to keep from having to mess with the clutch slave. I'm sure that will work sometimes but the efforts to remove the lever can prove to be much harder than dealing with the slave. The clutch cross shaft that the lever goes on runs in plastic sleeve bushings inside the bell housing so it is easy to damage those parts while messing with the lever. Mark Shawn Wright wrote: >I can't get the &#*$(# clutch lever off the clutch fork rod! I need to get this >apart so I can replace the broken up plastic sleeve on the rod. I've let is >soak overnight with PB Blaster, and bashed it as hard as I dare, but there >seems no way to hold this thing still while bashing it without destroying the >bellhousing! This is a diesel bellhousing, otherwise I probably would have >smashed it to bits by now in frustration. Should I try heat? Cut the damn >thing off? >Any suggestions appreciated before I ruin the bellhousing! > >Shawn Wright >http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright >'85 Jetta D >'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed >'82 Diesel Westy > > > |
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