Woodchuck were are you?

during the first 12k miles and 1 year VW usually pays for the clutch. Now if
the center hub or springs on the disc are blown out and the lining is still
good it's possible to get VW to pay for that too. But it's on a per car and
up to your dealer, service history, and VW.


"Peter Parker" > wrote in message
...
> In article <n3C0j.575$r81.225@trndny05>,
> Archangel > wrote:
>>Thanks!
>>(and thanks Dad for teaching me how and all your little tricks)
>>
>>"dave AKA vwdoc1" > wrote in message
y.net...
>>> Then I will say that you are a great driver! ;-)
>>>
>>> "Archangel" > wrote in message
>>> news:b8p0j.2819$Jy1.595@trndny02...
>>>> My clutch currently has 180000 on it and still going strong.
>
> Congrats on the clutch and I would be curious what year VW and model
> it is?
>
> Did you know that VW has had nothing but serious problems with the tranny
> and
> clutch issues on their newer, heavier, torqued TDIs with that dual mass
> flywheel and the 1.8T? Failure at less than 12K miles which is supposed
> to be warranty only to claim the clutch is a wear item even if it was
> under the 12K mile limit. Crazy stuff. Lots of unhappy owners getting
> hosed.
>
> The older VWs which are lighter less torque have been engineered
> accordingly.
> New models using the old specs because the good engineers probably left
> are really a black mark. JMO and speculation on my part and just a WAG.
> However, why all the failures?
>
>
> --
> Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice...

> A hole in the thrust plate from the push rod?


That has been my trouble w/ the symptoms you describe.

I haven't had the early water cooled models crack the arm or strip the
splines (others have, I'm sure) but usually your trouble is going to
be where the heat and motion are the greatest; the clutch lining, the
PP, & the throwout bearing type stuff.

Let us know what you find.

TBerk

In article >,
TBerk > wrote:
>> A hole in the thrust plate from the push rod?
>
>
>That has been my trouble w/ the symptoms you describe.
>
>I haven't had the early water cooled models crack the arm or strip the
>splines (others have, I'm sure) but usually your trouble is going to
>be where the heat and motion are the greatest; the clutch lining, the
>PP, & the throwout bearing type stuff.
>
>Let us know what you find.

Okay. It will be done after the holiday sometime. No hurry but I hope it
isn't the hole in the thrust plate. That usually is an instant peddle to
the floor symptom I would think.

Happy Turkey day to you all. It's been a while since I posted here and
really forgot until my car problem. Funny how that is. Too busy at work
and not enough time in the day to do all the usual chores.

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Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice...