[T3] Clutch fork!

[Robert Klein]

Man I wish I would have known that info then! It was horrible, my hip has never been the same :( it was a really fun car bedside that! I used to drive that car like an animal ;) 

Sent from the desk of Robert Klein 


On Nov 30, 2013, at 10:24 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 30 Nov 2013 at 10:16, Robert Klein wrote:
> 
>> I had a 68 squareback I had to stand on the clutch to keep it down,
>> and it would never fully disengage. I took it to everyone and no
>> results, stock clutch and everything. It ended up being the j-tube. I
>> never ended up being able to fix it :( sold it first. Due to moving
>> and such. 
> 
> I also had a '68 square that developed a very stiff clutch. I went 
> thru several engine removals before discovering that I had a very 
> beautiful Luk pressure plate that had a fatal flaw: The fulcrum 
> points for the operating arms were small, so they wore away, until 
> the arms came to rest on a different part, which completely changed 
> the mechanical advantage. Replacing the PP with a Sachs unit 
> completely fixed the problem, but not before I had suffered thru a 
> couple years of very stiff pedal.
> 
> I finally figured out the Luk PP problem when I noticed the little 
> marks where the operating arms hit (where they shouldn't have.)
> 
> Both units were diaphram style PPs. I don't think there's anything 
> wrong with that concept. They work perfectly well and provide very 
> even pressure. It's the Belleville washer concept, and it's a very 
> simple engineering solution. Over the years they've actually 
> simplified them a lot, and that's part of the beauty of the design.
> 
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