I forgot to mention that you are missing my argument...my point is not that sachs clutches are the problem, but that there is a syncro specific clutch with a separate part number, and while some syncro owners have used the 2wd sachs clutch (supposedly good for the syncro, too, according to sachs) without problem, other syncro owners have had problems with the 2wd sachs that went away once they switched to the vw specified syncro clutch with a separate part number. this may just coincide with that period of time when tons of people were having trouble with the sachs clutches chattering....and some distributors reportedly rejected large shipments of them deeming them defective...and i was told by one local shop that they would not warrant a sachs against chattering. i also know of one syncro owner who attributes catestrophic clutch failure to use of the weaker 2wd clutch. i'm just trying to save people the same head and heart aches i went through...and added expense...when i installed a 2wd sachs clutch in my syncro...and had to pull it out. Was it because it was not the syncro clutch, or was it one of the defective sachs clutches? who knows, but the vw specified syncro part number cured the problem. steve |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.