A few years back while racing my RS replica at Road Atlanta, the clutch pedal "snapped" while shifting into fifth on the backstretch. Cable was fine, so we guessed that I broke a clutch shifter fork that operates the throwout bearing. Ordered one overnight, and proceded to take the drivetrain out. When we split the trans from the engine, low and behold the shifter fork was fine. Instead, the clutch disc had imploded with all kinds of gray shreaded wheat looking stuff all over the place (the remains of the disc facing). Not saying this is what's wrong with your clutch, just that different failures can manifest themselves in similar ways. Good luck with the fix; hoping it's not too painful ($$$$). -Doug
