Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:33:24 -1000
Reply-To: Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Pending clutch replacement
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Hi.
unlike all Old VW Buses..
on a 2wd Vanagon ..ya just pull the trans to do the clutch !
engine stays in place.
need to watch hoses, wires, cables, undo throttle cable ..all easy
little stuff.
I use Sachs brand stock vanagon clutches.
they happen to be rebuilt in Mexico ..but ...must have put in at least
10 of them ..
work fine for me, price is decent.
your original clutch lasted 225K miles and now you want one that will
last better than that ???
I sure hope the Sachs clutch kits I get from Halsey Import Parts in
Portland Oregon are the same 'rebuilt in Mexico' ones I've gotten for
years.
Sure would not want new from China.
Kenedy sells stronger pressure plates for engine conversions with more
powerful engines.
for a stock waterboxer I wouldn't want that myself. Stock is nigh perfect.
Scott
On 05/11/2016 06:58 AM, Roy Nicholl wrote:
> When I pulled the Hyena (’88 Westy WBX) out of storage last Saturday, I felt what I though might have been a little clutch shudder on the way home. I experienced a shudder twice more this week - first thing in the morning after the Hyena had been sitting all night.
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> The van has ~@235K on the clock and, as far as I can tell from the records I inherited, the clutch has never been replaced. I’m guessing the actual clutch replacement is similar to my ’66 Westy, but the disconnecting and reconnecting of the engine’s “tethers” is a much more involved.
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> Given my work schedule over the next month, I’m going to have to pay to have this done if I plan on being able to take the boy camping this summer - he’s been playing in the Hyena every day since it came home - and that likely won’t be cheap. If I’m going to shell out a very wince-able amount of cash to have the old, snarly-but-good, local guy swap the clutch, I may as well use the opportunity to upgrade to a clutch that will (should?) last longer.
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> I looked at an OEM (Sachs) clutch kit last autumn - because it was for sale locally - but it was stamped as made in China (not Germany). I know parts quality coming out of China can be hit or miss, are the Chinese Sachs bits of the same calibre as those made at home (Germany)? I have yet to find a Canadian supplier of the Luks clutch kit {I’ve read there are two Luk clutches - a “regular” one and a “heavier" one intended for syncros?} or a Kennedy replacement clutch.
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> Are there other candidates I should consider?
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