Well I can rule out the actuating ball for you. My 86 has no actating ball, and it works fine. I noticed it when we changed motors and went and bought another bell housing to remove the piece from, but a year later it is still working well so....... Jake On 6/15/06, Robert Harris <rdh24@cornell.edu> wrote: > > OK Three Investigators... (did anybody else love those books as a > kid? like Hardy Boys but way better) > > Mystery is, the clutch in my 1984 Westy drags slightly ever since I > swapped > in a fresh rebuilt transaxle a while back. Just enough that it grinds > going into to reverse gear, and at idle you can always hear a "clunk" as > the slack is taken out of the drivetrain when you slip it into gear (even > w/ the clutch pedal mashed to the floor). Clear symptoms of clutch not > fully disengaging. Before the transaxle swap everything was working > smooth > as butter. The hydraulics are all properly bled and in good > order. Clutch > kit was almost new at the time of the swap, so I reused it. What else > would you focus on to solve this? > > If I accidentally installed the clutch disc backwards when I was swapping > the transaxle, would that explain it or would the bus just be > undriveable? Hope this isn't it, but I was in a hurry at the time. > > I know the little nubbin/ball/whatever on the end of my new transaxle's > external clutch actuator lever (you know the point that the clutch slave > assembly pushes on to disengage the clutch) in quite worn on this tranny: > it's supposed to be a little ball and it's worn very flat... at least 1/8" > of metal is worn away. Would this make any difference or should the > hydraulics be able to compensate? > > Other brainstorms? > > thanks guys > Robert H > 84 Westy - EJ22 >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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