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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:23:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fw: Transmission or clutch gone: Maybe better news
Comments: To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <176266.16338.qm@web51502.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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> Yesterday I had never tried to shift it while the engine was off.  Today I tried to shift it with the engine off and I can get all the gears with little difficulty.
>
> So this points to the clutch, right?
>
> Just a few weeks a ago I had it in the shop for a gear oil flush, and they said that the clutch slave was leaking.  They replaced that but they kept it an extra day because they said they couldn't get the clutch adjusted.  Then later, after I had picked it up I noticed a new sort of low-pitched whiney noise only when the clutch pedal was released, i.e. it went away when the clutch pedal was depressed.  You may recall that I asked the List about this.
>


Low-pitched whiny noise could be the release bearing not disengaging
completely from the pressure plate ... according to Ben it's not
designed to spin all the time:


http://www.benplace.com/vw_clutch.htm


Great stuff on that page.


Good luck! Luke
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