damon_sisk
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After driving my 2001 TDI Jetta for about 15 years I bought a 2015 Passat TDI SE. The clutch went out about 4 weeks ago and it turned out that they friction plate had failed such that the friction material on one side had fallen off. The slave cylinder failed as well.
I did not know that Sachs and Luk clutches were incompatible and ordered a Luk kit that included the pressure plate friction plate and slave cylinder. Of course the pressure plate did not fit on my Sachs DMF flywheel, and I ended up having the original pressure plate and flywheel ground and the friction plate rebuilt. The shop that did it is called Kentucky clutch and they seemed extremely competent and the parts looked great when I got them back. They reset the self-adjusting pressure plate as well.
Reinstallation of everything went very smooth but I had to use the slave cylinder from the Luk kit. Now though I think I have completely bleed the system, the clutch will not fully disengage. I suspect that the slave cylinder stroke length is too short and is designed for the Luk clutch.
Can anyone confirm or deny my suspicion?
I hate to take it apart again if that is not the problem.
Also a crazy idea I had was to only slightly separate the engine and transmission to remove the gasket between the two hoping that would put the slave a little closer to the clutch and perhaps allow disengagement when the pedal is on the floor. I seriously doubt this would provide enough extra stroke though, but right now the pedal does separate the clutch enough that the engine can keep running while the transmission is in gear and the clutch is depressed, even though it's obvious it is loading the engine.
Any sage advice?
I did not know that Sachs and Luk clutches were incompatible and ordered a Luk kit that included the pressure plate friction plate and slave cylinder. Of course the pressure plate did not fit on my Sachs DMF flywheel, and I ended up having the original pressure plate and flywheel ground and the friction plate rebuilt. The shop that did it is called Kentucky clutch and they seemed extremely competent and the parts looked great when I got them back. They reset the self-adjusting pressure plate as well.
Reinstallation of everything went very smooth but I had to use the slave cylinder from the Luk kit. Now though I think I have completely bleed the system, the clutch will not fully disengage. I suspect that the slave cylinder stroke length is too short and is designed for the Luk clutch.
Can anyone confirm or deny my suspicion?
I hate to take it apart again if that is not the problem.
Also a crazy idea I had was to only slightly separate the engine and transmission to remove the gasket between the two hoping that would put the slave a little closer to the clutch and perhaps allow disengagement when the pedal is on the floor. I seriously doubt this would provide enough extra stroke though, but right now the pedal does separate the clutch enough that the engine can keep running while the transmission is in gear and the clutch is depressed, even though it's obvious it is loading the engine.
Any sage advice?
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