yes good fun. ;) Thankful I can re use the better bushings. btw, just noticed that in fact, I was wrong re factory VW welds There's a blob of weld at top of each arm *and* smaller welds at bottom where the meet the shaft. This is reasurring.
Neil. On 4/5/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I never even had noticed how those arms are welded only partially to the > cross shaft until I heard about the 'full welded' version. > I've never seen one break. > of the various parts that wear or fail in the clutch release mechanism, > that's not one of the failure points that I've seen. > > If those arms aren't bent ...... > and no cracks or anything , I think I'd leave just as is, as opposed to > welding on it more. > > silly me, I didn't even think of 'clutch operating lever' for 'COL.' > > I call it the Throw Out Lever, since it operates the throw out bearing. > I think I would have built it with a split and pinch bolt .. > so rather than a 'perfect slide fit' ...the lever would clamped firmly to > the cross shaft, and when the pinch bolt was removed there'd be some play, > to help it slide off. > > sounds like you're having good vanagon fun ! > Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> > To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: Clutch Cross-shaft Question > > ....... > I guess VW figured that > since arms only push out the throw out bearing, they only need a weld > at, uh, the top of each arm. > > > > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> notice how puny the welds that join the forks to the shaft are. >> >> there's a re-welded version with full welds. >> I haven't seen any of the stock welds fail, but they do look rather >> 'partial' the way VW built it.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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