Date:         Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:20:03 EDT
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Question about Clutch Slave
Comments: To: Gary Shea <shea@gtsdesign.com>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.980422011331.334F-100000@gmong.gtsdesign.com>;
              from "Gary Shea" at Apr 22, 98 1:22 am

>
> Really easy, huh?  I have an '81 Vanagon, just like yours Sean, and
> I always drop the engine and tranny as a unit.  I find that disconnecting
> the slave cylinder from the tranny is the major source of pain... there's
> no easy way to get a wrench on those bolts from underneath!  I finally
> replaced them with allen-heads but even that isn't much help.  I have
> typically spent more than an hour trying to loose those damnable bolts!
>
> When you say it's easy, are you talking about dropping the engine and
> tranny separately?
>
No, actually I'm talking about doing it through the wheel well! :-)
I've never had to get a wrench the bolts from below.  I always use a
wrench on the nuts from above and I've found that the tension placed on
the bolts by the clutch pushing the slave cylinder up as you loosen the
nuts plus a finger on the bolt head will keep the bolt from turning as
you loosen the nut.

But again, getting the thing back in is more of a hassle.

--
Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia
1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm