Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 21:38:44 +0000
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Manual tranny clutch adjustment,
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It's an Alabama car. No corrosion. I've seen it. Not the bracket per se,
but nothing on the car is rusty or corroded.
Jim
On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 4:21 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> Considering the shifting probems: (1) the transmission is freshly
> overhauled (2) a new clutch and throwout bearing was installed. (3) all
> external wear-type shift components were replaced a few years ago from
> front to rear. Perhaps it's time again and they can be adjusted properly
> then. No other components replaced.
>
> I did not get to see this installation myself, which I usually do, but the
> work was done by an old time VW mechanic who now works on nothing but older
> Volkswagens, primarily Beetles, aircooled buses, and Vanagons. I can only
> assume he did it right until proven otherwise. But, he had no instructions
> to replace any external shifter components.
>
> John
> On Apr 17, 2016 14:29, "Neil N" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not to take this further 'all over the place' but given the corrosion
> > wear I'm seeing on my transmission case and clutch housing, I'd
> > suggest watching the clutch slave bracket while the clutch pedal is
> > being pushed.
> >
> > I've read that a rusty slave bracket can fail.
> >
> > And though this is unlikely, given that Johns transmission is a
> > rebuilt, could the tube on clutch housing that the slave bracket
> > mounts on (where clutch shaft passes through) corrode badly enough to
> > fail and allow bracket to move at that point thus limiting how far the
> > slave can push the clutch lever?
> >
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> >
> > On 4/16/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ..... I have seen trans overhauls that did not include clutch
> replacement
> > > or replacement of the operating shaft or bushings. His problem could be
> > > mechanical or maybe even just the hydraulics. It is possible for the
> > pedal
> > > cylinder to fail in way that it just doesn’t move the clutch cylinder
> as
> > it
> > > should either.
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> >
> > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> >
> > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> >
> > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> >
>
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