<VV> Catch in Clutch

[J R Read_HML]

When you figure it out, please let me know.  I JUST TODAY developed the same 
symptom in my Rampy.  Sometimes (seems like mainly on first use) the pedal 
wants to stop an inch or so above the floor - giving the false impression 
that the pedal is fully depressed.  I'm suspecting something in the clutch 
cable since I had to change it out about three weeks ago when it broke at 
the clutch end.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Durham" <62vair at gmail.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:43 PM
Subject: <VV> Catch in Clutch


> Catch in Clutch pedal condition: OK, guys, put on your thinking hats. Ever
> since I have had this car (1500 miles in 2 years) there has been an
> occasional "catch" in the clutch. It gets real hard to push the last inch 
> or
> so of travel and you can barely shift, and if you hold it in with pressure
> on it, it twangs and releases and goes to the floor like it should? Then 
> it
> won't do it for awhile, then will do it again. I'm puzzled, usually when
> something breaks, its consistently broken! :):)
>
> What I have done: Replaced the flywheel with a Dales Bolted
>                           Replaced pressure plate with a rebuilt
>                           Replaced clutch disc and throw out bearing
>                           Completed a thorough inspection of the
> snout the throw out bearing rides on, its original and in perfect shape 
> (car
> only has 67K original miles on it)
>
> None of this changed the condition.
>
> Anyone had this problem? Could it be in the clutch arm that transfers the
> cable motion to the rod? (I'm hopeful)
> Mark Durham
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