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Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 12:25 AM

When everything went in the car (V8 engine/trans) it was new.
I adjusted everything per the best specs available. (found here and from Renegade)

When i first ran her engauging first gear was no problem.

Now, 100 miles later, it seems to be getting harder and harder to get 'er into first gear.

I've adjusted the clutch cable to the point of riding on the clutch plate/TO bearing.

any more and the clutch would start to disengauge.

i've watched the clutch lever go back and forth and it looks like everything moves smoothly.

i did, however, bend the clutch fork a little during assembly because i thought iti needed to in order to mate the engine/transaxle.

so now what do I do??

oh, i've got a RH flywheel and TO bearing, a kennedy clutch plate and pressure plate.
I'm feeling pretty stumped on this one......

Posted by: racerx7 Apr 19 2006, 12:36 AM

Check the clutch tube on the firewall. Mine was real
weak. It used to move, then one day it broke.

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 12:40 AM

so if the cable tube was starting to give up, the symptom would be the clutch cable would get looser and looser no matter how much I've tightened it?

Posted by: Andyrew Apr 19 2006, 12:41 AM

Youve got the wrong TO bearing in there dude. SAME exact thing happened to me. Your running a stock 901 TO bering arnt you... You need one milled to accept the KEP bearing.. its a flat face bearing, not a rounded faced one for the rounded face on the pressure plate..

Andrew

PS you'll need a new clutch and PP as well I believe.

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 02:27 AM

which one is this?????

Posted by: racerx7 Apr 19 2006, 03:09 AM

No. I was a dumb 20 year old kid when I had my 914 (1985 ish). I kept tighting the damn thing.
Well, eventally the shift fork has no where to go. So, the next time I stepped on the clutch
the cable did not break, the shift fork did not break. Something had to give and it was the
firewall. UGH.

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 12:58 PM

Andyrew, is this the right TO bearing?

I've got to get this sorted out, because the sun is out. The clock is ticking and I need to break something so the car can go back in the garage again for another month or two....

<sarcastic smilie>

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Apr 19 2006, 01:13 PM

It could be your clutch cable is broken and only held on by a few strands of wire. That would result in the same symtoms. Reach under there and give it a good tug. Maybe you only need a new cable.

Elliot

Posted by: Andyrew Apr 19 2006, 01:15 PM

Thats the flat one, check your PP side to see if its round or flat...

Has to pivot on something..

THey also could be right.. take out your clutch cable and inspect it.

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Apr 19 2006, 01:26 PM

I've seen this a couple of times with Kennedy pressure plates. Stock one worked fine, the KEP one didn't work at all. (This was with stock VW configurations.) There was a similar complaint here a couple of weeks ago ......... The Cap'n

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 19 2006, 02:05 PM

That is the correct TO.

Show me the pressure plate and disc.


B

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 10:24 PM

So far this is the best pic i have of the PP and disk.... sucks, I know....

I'll keep looking.

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 10:28 PM

and this probably doesn't help at all..... but here ya' go anyway.....

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 19 2006, 10:33 PM

alright brad,

this is all i have on the clutch plate.... i don't know if it helps....

your help is greatly appreciated.



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Posted by: Andyrew Apr 19 2006, 11:04 PM

I believe thats also the correct pressure plate as well... Brad would have to confirm it, but the three bars and the green color look exactly like what was/is in mine.

Andrew

It appears as if you have other problems.

Posted by: neo914-6 Apr 20 2006, 12:52 PM

Rog,

Are the flywheel bolts the short head type?

Posted by: Dr. Roger Apr 20 2006, 06:56 PM

Felix, yes, they are the shorites... =-) that pic was when they were hand tight. 2 were temporaries...

Interesting find this evening.....

See if you can identify why by clutch doesn't disengage. Hmmmmm......

Please note: this pic is with the clutch fully "IN".


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