Old style release bearing tips?

If I repost this monday maybe more people wil see it :)

Walter (1961 bug, bought for US$70) has very bad clutch chatter. That and the noise it makes with the cluth pedal depressed was diagnosed by one of you as a release bearing off the fork.

I remember when I put the bearing there that one of the clips was way loose, and I tried bending it a bit with pliers. It then went on fine, but I think I will, tomorrow when i take down the engine to check, find said clip on the bellhousing and the bearing loose.

Any tips on making it right this time? new clips are, down here, unobtaniable. Safety wire it some way?

many thanks as usual...

Either the aftermarket spring loaded type, or crimped stock style and some sort of safety wire arangement..

J.

ok. I am planinng on reusing the stock spring clips and safetywire them to the fork.

will post pictures .)

It can't possibly cost much to have a pair of spring loaded clips sent to Chile via regular air-mail....?

J.

Not that much. I have a PO box in Miami, FL, that costs me US$10 for every kilogram of whatever I get there. They just take what arrives there and forward it to me in Santiago the next day.

Anyway, I won't be needing the clips. I took the engine out this evening and found the bearing in its place, but the ring on the pressure plate off its 3 springs. I must have nocked it out when I put the engine in last month. Beginners mistakes, I presume.

Anyway, with the engine dropped, I put the ring back in its place and then raised the engine back. This time very carefully avoiding interference between the input shaft and the pressure plate.

Best of all, It only took me 40 minutes! I am getting better after 4 engine pulls.... :)))))

I did found a broken piece of the starter in there. Its the ring that its supposed to stop the bendix from getting too far out. I may need a new starter soon... but this one only costed me US$30 plus a core...

thanks for the encouraging :)

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:03:21 +0000 (UTC), Eduardo Kaftanski ran around screaming and yelling:

and it keeps getting faster....when i used to use vw's as "daily" transportation i could have the engine on the ground and sliding it out from under the car in 15 minutes or so(with a header that had to be removed)....."practice makes perfect"... JT

I believe they used to have a engine-pull event at the old Bug-ins. I'd like to see a return of that.

Max

I remember as a little kid as I was to the rallycross event with my dad. They had a show of removing and installing a Beetle engine by 4 men in about a minute or so. They drove it and were inside before and=20 drove away when done. The engine was out of the car in the middle (not under).