A clutch/hydraulics question. About 1000 miles ago I swapped a rebuilt transaxle into my 84 Westy. I reused the old clutch kit since it was almost new. Ever since the rebuilt tranny went in, the Vanagon feels like its clutch is dragging just a bit even with the pedal pressed all the way in: a little bit hard to force it into gear, reverse gear wants to grind, and often going into 1st you can hear a "clunk" as the slack gets taken out of the drivetrain when it slips into gear... it acts as if the clutch pedal wasn't being pressed quite all the way to the floor. The one thing I did notice when I was putting in the rebuilt tranny that might be relevant is that the little hardened nib/ball on the clutch throwout outside lever -- i.e. the "bearing" surface the clutch slave piston directly presses onto -- is quite worn down on my rebuilt tranny vs what the original tranny looked like. Could this cause the clutch to not disengage fully? Or should the hydraulics self-adjust to compensate? I REALLY don't want to pull the tranny again!!! thanks, Robert H frustrated in Ithaca NY 84 Westy "Busaru" |
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