| johnchr82 |
Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:25 am |
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I have installed a brand new clutch, clutchplate and thrustbearing. I dont know if the guy who adjusted my old clutch loosened or tightened the wingnut to make the clutch "good" again..
Anyway.. After i installed the new kit the clutch doesnt catch at all, so i guess it needs to be adjusted back. What i dont know is if the wingnut needs to be loosened or tightened? |
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| PumaVW79 |
Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:35 am |
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Loosen: increase the pedal clearence (free space)
Tighten: decrease. |
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| Cusser |
Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:11 pm |
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Typically, with a new clutch, the wingnut needs to be loosened.
As the clutch disc itself wears, the clutch cable/wingnut gets tightened to compensate (and to correct the freeplay at the pedal top to about 20mm). |
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| johnchr82 |
Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:59 am |
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| Thanks! :) |
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| kreemoweet |
Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:06 am |
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Cusser wrote: As the clutch disc itself wears, the clutch cable/wingnut gets tightened to compensate (and to correct the freeplay at the pedal top to about 20mm).
Actually, it's the opposite: the disk wear causes the pressure plate thrust ring or
fingers to move closer to the throwout bearing, causing a reduction in pedal freeplay.
The wingnut must be loosened to restore the original freeplay. |
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| Cusser |
Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:12 pm |
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| I've never seen a VW "wear" to the situation where there was too little free play, always too much free play. |
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