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Date:         Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:46:12 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question!
Comments: To: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net>
In-Reply-To:  <006f01bf1dba$b77cdf80$515d0cd1@maxjoyce>
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New clutch assemblies are always easier to push the pedel than warn out clutches. Its because the pressure plate finger start to get a larger mechanical advantage the farther them come out.

Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote:

> My Sachs(mexican made now?) clutch kit came with a platic alignment tool > included. Left it in the package as I already had an alignment tool made > from the input shaft of an earlier VW ala Mr. Bulley's suggestion. The leg > pressure required to operate the new clutch is substantially lessthan the OE > clutch that came out after almost 140k. Hope it's not a girly- man clutch > and wear out in half the time of the original. Seems to release a little > earlier too, but that could be the fact that a nice new thick disc is in > place now. My wife will appreciate the easier operating pedal for sure. > > Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel > -----Original Message----- > From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Date: Saturday, October 23, 1999 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question! > > > > This proccess you are in is axually one of the most difficult. There is > >a special tool you can rent used to help make the alignment easier, call > >a clutch alignment tool. You can also use an old input shaft to a trans. > >for this. > > > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > > > > > >On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Gary McEachern wrote: > > > >> I'm in the middle of replacing the clutch on my '87 GL. The Sachs Clutch > kit > >> I bought from BusDepot came with a Pilot bearing that has a closed end. I > >> very foolishly decuded to replace the existing bearing which was a > "through > >> hole" design. I installed it assuming it was the proper part (bad > >> assumption?). I'm having difficulty fully mating the tranny to the engine > >> and suspect the input shaft of the tranny may be bottoming on the back of > >> the new bearing. > >> > >> Does anyone know if this style of bearing will work or do I need to > >> remove(sigh) and replace it with the open style bearing? > >> > >> > >> Gary > >> > >> ______________________________________________________ > >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >> > >


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