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Tim Donahoe
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 Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:18 pm Post subject: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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Hello, I just got this clutch hook in the mail. It was advertised by a Samba Member as fitting a later-model Beetle, but it doesn’t look like my old one at all.
It is about 7inches long. The hook has a hole drilled in it, and the hook itself is 2 inches long—not 2 1/2 inches like the later models. It also has a strange end that has been turn d smaller than the rest of the shaft. Anyone know what it is?
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mukluk
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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The offset hook like that instead of straight makes me lean toward it being for a 58-64 Bug, part number 113721305A.
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VW_Jimbo 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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| mukluk wrote: |
| The offset hook like that instead of straight makes me lean toward it being for a 58-64 Bug, part number 113721305A. |
I would agree!!!
But why is the end tapered or shouldered? I do not remember any clutch pedal shafts having that tapered end on them.
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mukluk
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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Not sure why the end is stepped down, haven't seen any others like that.
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Tim Donahoe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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I have done some further checking and agree it’s a 58-1964 clutch shaft.
It has a VW mark on the “tapered” end, but I can’t figure out why there’s a hole drilled in the hook. WTH is that all about?
Regardless, I contacted the seller and he apologized. He agrees he sent the wrong one, told me to keep this one, and will send the correct shaft.
Tim
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hitest
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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Great seller. Make sure you leave feedback for him
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Tim Donahoe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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Hitest, when I receive the correct part, I will add to his plethora of good feedback.
I’m still wondering why there’s a hole drilled in the hook  .
Tim
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mukluk
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 1:18 am Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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I'd almost guarantee the hole is there so one can retain the clutch cable on the hook with a bit of wire while installing the pedal assembly -- it removes the chance of frustration when the pedal assembly is almost home and the pedal flops over, letting the clutch cable come loose.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:54 am Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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| I'd almost guarantee the hole is there so one can retain the clutch cable on the hook with a bit of wire while installing the pedal assembly -- it removes the chance of frustration when the pedal assembly is almost home and the pedal flops over, letting the clutch cable come loose. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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| never seen a hook with a hole in it....place for a return spring on a tunnel-less sand rail? |
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Tim Donahoe
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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I’ve never seen a clutch shaft with a turned end, either. That one defies my imagination.
Tim
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rmotren
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:30 am Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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| That is a clutch shaft from a 52-57 oval... |
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Tim Donahoe
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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Thanks, Ron.
Tim
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: Help Identify Clutch Hook |
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What happens if you put a too tall clutch hook in a '73+? There was a thread recently somewhere on the SAMBA where a guy's clutch cable was sawing a groove in the front end of the clutch cable guide tube. Could that be why?
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