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Subject: clutch problems
From: Jonathan Mies <jmies@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 10:50:19 -0400
Just went to take a ride in my series 5. (I even waxed it last night 
for British car week.) While engaging the clutch to back out of the 
drive way, it made a single click sound. At the same time, I lost 
some of the resistance in the clutch pedal. My 1st thought (a hopeful 
thought) was that a return spring had broken. I checked both the a 
heavy spring at the pedal and the lighter spring at the slave 
cylinder; both seemed to be working fine.

I thought "maybe it was just my imagination" (Another hopeful 
thought.) Started out again and noticed a definite difference in the 
clutch. It has less resistance than normal and it engages at the 
bottom of the pedal travel, way earlier than it used to. It's also 
not as positive as it should be.

Any thoughts from the list on what the problem is? ...or 
recommendations as to how to proceed?

J. Mies
jmies@comcast.net
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jmies/alpine/alpine.html

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