Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:59:26 -0800
Reply-To: RICHARD KOERNER <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: RICHARD KOERNER <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
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Mark,
I've got the "clinking/clunking" of the clutch pedal (85 GL with
170,000 miles). The pictures explain well what is going on; I'm
worried about failure and want to address. I tried looking up
underneath with a flashlight and mirror....can't see the pin area. I
removed instrument cluster and tried looking down from above....still
can't see.
This is starting to look like something beyond my skills. I reviewed
the Bentley and Haynes manuals. Seems you need to remove the "pedal
assembly", both brake and clutch, and before you do that you need to
remove clutch Master and brake Master. Is that correct?
And, what about the fix? Yes, replacing the pin for sure, but what
about the pedal? Are these available? Or is this a
weld/grind/bore-a-new-hole job?
Sounds like you've been there recently...hence your post.
Rich
85 GL
Pacific Beach (by the way, great to meet you at Busses by the Bridge,
mine is the white one with blue homemade camping interior, visible in
Larry Chase's photo, "The Long & The Short of It" featuring him and
Warren Chapman).
--- On Thu, 3/5/09, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 9:25 AM
Yes, I bought the new pin this week from my local VW dealer.
Part# N-013-239-1 ,for under $3 incl tax.
Mark
Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Did the new pin come from the dealer Mark?
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> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
wrote:
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>> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/530767.jpg
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>> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/530766.jpg
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>> If you have clutch problems you may want to consider this as a
possible
>> factor. The clutch pedal has a short linkage between it and the clutch
>> master cylinder. This linkage connects to a hole in the pedal lever
and
>> that hole can suffer extreme wear. So can the pin that goes in the
hole.
>> Eventually the hole can wear into a long oval and break through
>> entirely. The 2 levers in the photos are both from 100,000+ mile
>> Vanagons. The pin on the right is a new one for comparison. When the
>> wear occurs you lose some of the travel of the clutch cylinders since
>> the pedal will move a ways before it does anything. You can likely
>> detect the wear if you push the clutch pedal with your hand. Right at
>> the top of the travel you may feel a clicking or clunking as the pedal
>> moves in the wear gap.
>>
>>
>> Mark
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