Date:         Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:25:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: mystery of the dragging clutch
Comments: To: Robert Harris <rdh24@cornell.edu>
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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
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com