Yep, I replaced the throwout bearing, shaft seal, pushrod seal, and pushrod bushing.
I did notice the old bushing wasn't tight in the shaft which was unexpected. It wasn't rattling around, but I could slide it out without much force. I guessed that this might have been due to the vibration caused by the thrust plate/pushrod situation causing vibration or something. The new one fits tight but I had no idea how deep to set it... there seemed to be a stop-ridge inside the shaft so that's where it is now. My next issue is to figure out how to adjust the play in the shifter shaft which I've pinpointed as the reason for the loose shifter. I noticed some models of trans have a spring pin type mechanism that can be adjusted from outside the trans by removing a bolt but mine has no such bolt. Thanks! Mark --- Jack Simon <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > Have you replaced the seals and the bronze bushing at the > front end of the input shaft??? If that bronze bushing is badly > worn, the clutch pushrod will wobble all over the place and never > make proper contact. VW has a kit that includes both seals and the > bushing, just make sure you tell them whether it is for an 8V or 16V > gearbox as the input shafts are different sizes. > > To replace the bushing I've always removed either the 5th > gear housing itself (usually put new release bearing in at the same > time) or popped the green cover off and, once the pushrod is out of > the way, slid a 3ft long smooth, 3/8" steel rod in. A few taps with > a hammer will move the bushing out. Before you do this, measure how > far back the bushing sits inside the input shaft. Tap the new one > back in to the correct depth (I use a deepwell 10mm socket) and then > replace the seals. Job done!!!....Jack > > ONE MORE QUESTION.... I've pulled two used clutches now that have > had > the thrust plate worn off-center... meaning that the push rod wasn't > making contact with the center of the thrust plate. How does that > happen and is there a way to make sure it never happens? > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
