Passat clutch too high
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Hi all.
My father-in-law has recently bought an R reg Passat 1.6 estate. It's in good nick all round, but after having a little drive in it I noticed that the clutch was rather high. It only enagages when you have about an inch of pedal travel left, which seems way too far up to me.
Since the f-i-l brought the car off of a friend who works as a vw mechanic, I advised him to have a word with his friend and get him to adjust the clutch. He did this, and his friend told him "It's a hydraulic clutch, you can't adjust it."
Now I'm no mechanic - but I'm not too shoddy with a spanner - and this seems like a load of b
s to me. I'm sure that the car still has a clutch cable that can be adjusted to influence the biting point. However, the engine is longitudinaly mounted and, despite a long hard look, I can't seem to spot where the cable connects to the gearbox.
Can anyone give me some pointers as to where to look and what I need to do to adjust the clutch cable?
Many thanks all!
My father-in-law has recently bought an R reg Passat 1.6 estate. It's in good nick all round, but after having a little drive in it I noticed that the clutch was rather high. It only enagages when you have about an inch of pedal travel left, which seems way too far up to me.
Since the f-i-l brought the car off of a friend who works as a vw mechanic, I advised him to have a word with his friend and get him to adjust the clutch. He did this, and his friend told him "It's a hydraulic clutch, you can't adjust it."
Now I'm no mechanic - but I'm not too shoddy with a spanner - and this seems like a load of b
s to me. I'm sure that the car still has a clutch cable that can be adjusted to influence the biting point. However, the engine is longitudinaly mounted and, despite a long hard look, I can't seem to spot where the cable connects to the gearbox. Can anyone give me some pointers as to where to look and what I need to do to adjust the clutch cable?
Many thanks all!
If its the same as an A4 (and Passats usually are) Its a hydralic clutch, is not adjustable.
By hydralic what is meant is there is no clutch cable.
As the clutch wears out the clutch cover self adjusts so no adjustmenet is required through out its service life. The result of this however is a new clucth bites perhaps a bit to close to the floor, and older clutch bite perhaps a bit too high. Thats just how they are.
By hydralic what is meant is there is no clutch cable.
As the clutch wears out the clutch cover self adjusts so no adjustmenet is required through out its service life. The result of this however is a new clucth bites perhaps a bit to close to the floor, and older clutch bite perhaps a bit too high. Thats just how they are.
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