Clutch peddle issues

[ntails]

Well at the traffic lights today i had the joy of my clutch mechanism breaking and my peddle dropping to the floor.
After being push through the lights i found that the previous owner was kind enough not to leave the removable towing eye for me .....ahhhh good times.
I think i will just get a mate to weld the broken piece of metal back on a get a new plastic clip from vw.
How hard a job is it to get the clutch peddle off and back on again?

Cheers

Nick

[MIS.18T]

its not too bad you will need to use cable ties to hold the spring down/compressed to make it easyer to get back in. its not too hard a new pedal is only like 60 or so $$$ from vw any ways.

[Arctra]

I know exactly how you feel as it happened to my Bora just recently. I took it to VW Barloworld in Five Dock to fix and they charged me about $500 to get it fixed! They reckoned I had bent the shaft going into the Master Cylinder when the preddle collapsed so they had to straighten it. They also said it was quite a time intensive job to remove the clutch peddle to replace the bush and peddle. Most of the charge was in labour.

I would love to know if it was infact a simple job and they just ripped me off. I'm not sure I'd have any legal recourse if that is the case, but I did feel I might be being taken for a ride with it all.

[MIS.18T]

took me at home about 1.5 hours to do and i just gave it a stab, never done one before. yep you got ripeed

[ntails]

Is it best to put the cable ties on the spring when the peddle is all the way down or when you pull it back up?
Thanks for your help MIS.18T.

[qsilverza]

Mine collpased to the floor after a myriad of problems. Dean at Volkspower fixed mine for me, he did it for a Very good price.

So I would suggest you got totally ripped dude.

I know exactly how you feel as it happened to my Bora just recently. I took it to VW Barloworld in Five Dock to fix and they charged me about $500 to get it fixed! They reckoned I had bent the shaft going into the Master Cylinder when the preddle collapsed so they had to straighten it. They also said it was quite a time intensive job to remove the clutch peddle to replace the bush and peddle. Most of the charge was in labour.

I would love to know if it was infact a simple job and they just ripped me off. I'm not sure I'd have any legal recourse if that is the case, but I did feel I might be being taken for a ride with it all.

[HOLEIN1]

I know exactly how you feel as it happened to my Bora just recently. I took it to VW Barloworld in Five Dock to fix and they charged me about $500 to get it fixed! They reckoned I had bent the shaft going into the Master Cylinder when the preddle collapsed so they had to straighten it. They also said it was quite a time intensive job to remove the clutch peddle to replace the bush and peddle. Most of the charge was in labour.

I would love to know if it was infact a simple job and they just ripped me off. I'm not sure I'd have any legal recourse if that is the case, but I did feel I might be being taken for a ride with it all.

did they replace the clutch master at that price?

same thing happened to me, and i believe that its actually better to reweld the metal tab back on as it ends up stronger than a new one...

heres a link to my thread when i had the same issue... go to page 3...
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...t=18738&page=3

i however was lazy and didnt have easy acess to a welder so i just replaced mine with a new one...

if you buy the pedal, it comes with the white plastic clip which fits onto the master...

yes it is a fiddly job, but not $500 worth!

cheers, dan

edit: added link

[ntails]

I have order the parts from VW today so will hopefully be able to get into it over the next few days. I am not sure of the actual VW part numbers but the parts you need are #10 & #7 from the dealers drawings.

[Jmac]

I would also suggest they run a weld on the new pedal, i have with the last couple ive done, the tacks Vw put on the pedal are quite dung and dont last, and when all the other variables get added like heavy pressure plate etc the life of the pedal reduces
Jmac

[ntails]

By the time i got home after work it was already dark so i had to undertake this lovely job with the use of a 12v light.

For anyone who is doing this for the first time, i thought i would write down a couple of points i learnt along the way.

All you will need is a cable tie, a pair of pliers, 13mm socket, and a 13mm ring spanner or shifter.

- First of all, do it in the daylight.
- Like JMAC said, tack some extra welds on your new pedel or repair the old one. This way you shouldn't have to play around with it again.
- After you have pulled the peddle out compress the clutch spring with your hands and use one cable tie to hold it. Put the cable tie in a spot you will be able to snip with some pliers when it is back in location.
- Make sure you put the white plastic piece back on the shaft that connects to the master cylinder before you put the peddle back in.

If i had known these few point i probably could have had this job wrapped up in 30mins.

Cheers

Nick