Exactly right. If lucky, and/or someone has had the lever off recently this can work. But, I have seen far more of them that needed a torch, press, sawsall, or combination of these to get the lever off. Mark -------- wrote: > Great Idea if you have a rust free vanagon, but good luck with > that. I've had the entire bellhousing in a press with a special made > tool to hook this clutch lever. If any rust exists the lever will not > move, and you risk damaging other parts.... > > John Meeks wrote: > >> On 8/15/07, Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> The big issue is getting the bolt off the part of the >>> bracket that faces rear. >>> >>> >> >> This syncro tip from the archives removes the slave and bracket as a >> unit: >> >> Tim King wrote: >> Hey Folks, I've got a slave tip that will save you some time on this. >> I got a tip from Daryl at AA transaxle that makes removing the slave >> on a syncro a snap. Basically, you just remove the slave bracket from >> the tranny by removing ONE snap ring then the clutch lever. >> >> 1. Move slave shaft/boot off clutch lever ball. If your >slave is >> totally shot, you can usually just push the slave cylinder shaft/boot >> off the ball on the clutch lever. If it's a good slave (say you are >> just R and Ring the tranny), you may need to open the bleeder to make >> it easy to remove. Just lever it free, then let it hang free. >> >> 2. Wiggle the clutch lever off the shaft. If it's been there for a >> while, you may need some liquid wrench or something, but it should >> come off by hand. >> >> 3. Pull the bracket and slave off as one unit. >> >> ......... |
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