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Unread 12-03-2013, 01:46 AM   #83
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The clutch felt a little funny a week ago. It's been funny since I got the car, actually, but this was extra funny. The pedal was getting stiff about half-way down and not going farther. The clutch was releasing so could drive it.

This means it's time to try to fix it, do some WYAIT fixes and put in some cool parts! The list was like this:

New clutch slave
New black hose for clutch
Replace the starter
New polyurethane swaybar bushings
Heim joint swaybar drop links
Bleed the brakes

The work all went pretty well. Most of the time was spent replacing the clutch slave and the starter. Removing the starter is always a pain. If you've done it on a 5-speed you know the hard line to the clutch slave interferes with access to one bolt for the starter. This time I disconnected the hard line to the clutch slave, removed the clutch slave from the clutch cover, and then removed the clutch cover with the starter still attached. Installation was just reverse of that.

Looking into the clutch cover (aka lower bellhousing cover) I spotted a small bolt. That was one that holds the pilot bearing guide tube in. It went back in and there looked to be no problems there. The clutch discs, from what I could see, looked OK.

Bleeding the clutch went well. I did the main bleeding by pumping the rod on the clutch. I'd force it back and pop open the bleeder then close the bleeder and let the rod extend out. Helps to point the bleeder up a bit. I pump-bled it from the pedal later but o air seemed to come out. Feels nice and firm.

I like the new poly bushings. It's a better solution than the generic bushings commonly used and that I have on my other 928. The blue poly bushings are almost exactly the same shape as the stock bushings and mount up perfectly. These are available on eBay.

The drop links are put together from bits I got on McMaster-Carr. The mounting bolts are 12mm. The spherical rod ends (aka Heim joint) then also have a 12mm threaded hole. Some 12mm threaded bar stock cut to length and it's done.

How is all that related to an odd clutch? Well, I had the slave and will be replacing all the rubber hoses so it seemed like a good step in resolving a problem. The rest was just convenient.
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