"cp" <asdf@asdf.com> schreef in bericht
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> Hi, I've got a '86 5000 turbo quattro which has a "heavy" to depress
clutch pedal, is this normal? Is it a sport clutch or
> something? Otherwise the clutch is fine.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> cp
>
>

My clutch of my 87 200 quattro (NL) is also very heavy to depress. Since
186000 km it is heavy and now 2,5 years later and 249000 km it is still
heavy but still working

Mark

 

"Mark" <bertus@wanadoo.nl> wrote
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>
> My clutch of my 87 200 quattro (NL) is also very heavy to depress. Since
> 186000 km it is heavy and now 2,5 years later and 249000 km it is still
> heavy but still working
>
> Mark
>

Isn't there such over-center spring in this car? There was one in mine and
took it out. If you want to exercise your leg muscles when driving in a
traffic jam and want a less stiff clutch the just remove it. It is some
black cylinder that is mounted at the other end of the clutch pedal. It is
basically some stiff spring that helps you keeping the clutch easier
pressed, but to press it initially you need some extra force... That's why
it is so stiff.
After I replaced the clutch plates, pressure group and clutch cable the
clutch was still stiff. The final 'breakthrough' was that the clutch pedal
broke just around some silly useless hole in it and since then I'm driving
without that spring.

Al

 

"Mark" <bertus@wanadoo.nl> wrote
news:415dd9a5$0$62044$ee9da40f@news.wanadoo.nl...
>
> My clutch of my 87 200 quattro (NL) is also very heavy to depress. Since
> 186000 km it is heavy and now 2,5 years later and 249000 km it is still
> heavy but still working
>
> Mark
>

Isn't there such over-center spring in this car? There was one in mine and
took it out. If you want to exercise your leg muscles when driving in a
traffic jam and want a less stiff clutch the just remove it. It is some
black cylinder that is mounted at the other end of the clutch pedal. It is
basically some stiff spring that helps you keeping the clutch easier
pressed, but to press it initially you need some extra force... That's why
it is so stiff.
After I replaced the clutch plates, pressure group and clutch cable the
clutch was still stiff. The final 'breakthrough' was that the clutch pedal
broke just around some silly useless hole in it and since then I'm driving
without that spring.

Al