2000 Passat, clutch, too short?

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Asker - 17 Apr 2006 00:27 GMT

I am buying a used Passat. Everything is great, except the cluth. Not sure
if it is just this car.

I drove a 70's Jetta before, I have to push the cluth all the way down. The
gear box on Jetta (both 2000 and 1978) is so bad that I can not shift into
first or 2nd without force.

The Passat is superb. Grear box does not give much fiction at all. Smooth.
But the passat's clutch is so short that I only pushed little then I can
shift. This is really bad to start at upward slope, because the engage point
(half first gear) will be impossible to find.

Is it just this car or all passat is like that?

How could I to change the clutch to longer?

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* - 17 Apr 2006 12:39 GMT

Asker <this.is.not.a.working@email.address.com> wrote in article
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> I am buying a used Passat. Everything is great, except the cluth. Not sure
> if it is just this car.
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> How could I to change the clutch to longer?

????????????????

Gear box does not have much fiction?????

Passat's clutch is so short??????

.....engage point (half first gear) will be impossible to find??????

How could I to change the clutch to longer???????

???????????????????

If you will kindly translate the above to English, I will endeavor to
answer your questions.......

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MasterBlaster - 18 Apr 2006 13:54 GMT

> > I am buying a used Passat. Everything is great, except the cluth. Not
> sure
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>
> ???????????????????

Careful, you'll wear out your "?" key.

> If you will kindly translate the above to English, I will endeavor to
> answer your questions.......

I was going to say that anyone with the brain of a flea could figure
it out, but then you'd make a snide comment back, other would join in,
and the whole thread would go to hell, so I won't say anything.

Jetta - Apparently stiffer synchros require more effort to move.

Passat - Only need 2 fingers to move shifter, not both hands.

- Different cars shift differently. Maybe one has worn parts?

Jetta - Clutch disengages just before pedal hits the floor, and begins to
re-engage as soon as you start lifting your foot, making it easier to control
by using the floor as a reference point.

Passat - Clutch disengages nearer the top of the pedal's downstroke, making
it harder to control, as the re-engagement point is somewhere in mid-air.

- Might be able to "un-adjust" the Passat to make it disengage later in the stroke.

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* - 20 Apr 2006 21:09 GMT

MasterBlaster <Nobody's.Home@My.Place> wrote in article
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> > > I am buying a used Passat. Everything is great, except the cluth. Not
> > sure
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> it out, but then you'd make a snide comment back, other would join in,
> and the whole thread would go to hell, so I won't say anything.

But, you already DID say something.......

.....and, since YOU figured it out..........

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MasterBlaster - 21 Apr 2006 14:21 GMT

"*" wrote (as expected)

> But, you already DID say something.......
>
> .....and, since YOU figured it out..........

.....and yet, you couldn't..........

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