changed horseshoe spring, clutch still blows butt

[Kurt B]

changed spring under tranny, one at pedal, ..bla bla bla.

While fiddling with the cable, I realized it's really sticky. It's stubborn in moving in its sheath.

So, I replaced all this crap for a cable that's just sticky. But why? What causes it not to ride down the center as it exits the sheath beneath tranny? it's rubbing? How do I find the orientation? Do I need lubricant.

Oh, and the horseshoe spring installation blows all over the place. Stick to Wayne's guns on that one "Set the spring against its pin and pry it into place"

You will probably spend a lot of time
1) Trying to "Pry it into place"
2) saying "What does Wayne mean by that?"
3) "Wayne, goddamnit, what the bloody hell are you talking about? Come on, be realistic, this ain't prying no where ...Ouch, damnit, ouch, my finger"
4) Okay, chill, have a smoke. Reread paragraph. "Set it against its pin and pry it into place." Where's my decoder ring?
5) Pry. Okay...pry, pry,.......boom.
6) Oh, I get it. Cool. That wasn't so bad.

[Early_S_Man]

Had the 'sticky' cable been lubricated with Swepco 101 or other moly grease?

If not, take it out, clean thoroughly with brake cleaner/degreaser, and inspect for damage or wear! If OK, lubricate with Swepco 101 or Valvoline #986 SynPower Synthetic Grease with moly!

[Kurt B]

Will do, thx Warren!

[Kurt B]

This problem has been diagnosed but not solved.

After changing everything, I have concluded it is the problem pictured below. The groove worn from not watching the plastic bushing.



Furthermore, I replaced with a bronze bushing. NO. This bronze bushing is not meant for that anyway--especially if there is any damage done to the arm, as there is to mine. The bronze bushing merely bends to contour the damaged area creating 2 times or even 3 times the problems as the plastic bushing. The plastic bushing may wear though, but it does not bind like the metal on metal (retainer rod and the bronze bushing) does.
Here's the plastic bushing picture.




In any case, since I don't have the right bushing and the bronze one is toast, I replaced with the old one until I can get a bushing from porsche tomorrow.

I used The Tool to grind the damaged area round again...just having the bronze piece out of there makes it drivable.

So if you have a clutch that's just plain sticky, check this first. I removed the clutch cable most of the way and slapped it in and out and it was fine. Then I knew the divet had to be the problem.


Oh well, at least I replaced all the springs and cleaned everything. It's all good. Too bad the car requires more attention and is more demanding that a child would be.---good news is, I can sell the car or drive it off a cliff if I get sick of this someday (hard to imagine getting sick of solving these little problems though...)