I just checked mine, its 09

I'm curious what the difference is?

tell chaad to use his foot on that bar?

The 09 uses the latest release bearing and the raised nubs on the arm are not as tall.

Wow... Dejavu

OK, dumb shim question. I made some aluminum shims out of 1/2 x 1/2" L-bracket tonight. There are a few good threads on clutch work and shims, I've read 'em all,

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...pressure+plate

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...pressure+plate

Now, I've got the clutch exposed, pulled some plugs to rotate the engine easier. How does one actually jam the shims in? The spring pressure on the new PP is pretty high, do I hammer these things in, or should I be able to wedge them in by hand?

as for shims

I took a pretty large flat washer and cut it into thirds with tin snips. They work great and I think its the easiest way to make the spacers which you MUST have in order to get the PP and clutch arm off so you can remove the thing

Ryan-

Cool. Now how do you get them in position to unload the PP? :)

http://www.928.org.uk/~ukkid35/photo...iver%20002.jpg

http://www.928.org.uk/~ukkid35/photo...iver%20003.jpg

The critical point is that the more worn the friction plate, the thicker the shims need to be.

Rob,

I used a large screw driver or a pry bar and you just use that to open up the gap, slip the shim in and it will free the pp so that you can remove it.

You can also use a pry bar on the release arm lever. With one hand use the pry bar to pull back on the release arm and use the other hand to push the shim into place.

If you had a two-pedal Porsche you would'nt be going through all this. You'd be worrying about your torque tube grinding the ass out of your block!:banghead: Merry Christmas to all!

Paul Barrera '91 S4 (AT)

Having figured out how to get at the big circlip in the relase bearing today, I disassembled my old PP and release arm. The clutch had been replaced in 1997 with the updated release bearing and guide tube, but somehow they had re-used the old '07' release arm. Well, this is how they did it, with some creative machining:

https://webfiles.uci.edu/redwards/pu...1%201-5-08.jpg

https://webfiles.uci.edu/redwards/pu...w%201-5-08.jpg

There's no mention of machine work on the receipt from that job, and they didn't bill him for a new arm- I can't decide whether the owner was being cheap and wouldn't pay for an '09' arm, or the shop couldn't/wouldn't source a new arm, or ???? I can't wait to see how she shifts with the proper parts in place....

Nice diet coke... :p

I don't think a new clutch arm will make that big of a difference, but then you neverknow. Keep us updated. :bigbye:

It's the diet coke that amps me up and makes me write all these posts asking for help, and then I figure it out in the meantime. Without all the caffeine, I wouldn't solve my own problems. Or I wouldn't take apart a perfectly good car in the first place.....

I forgot to mention that when I spin the old release bearing by hand, it makes about 1 turn and then grinds to a halt. I can get 2 turns if I really spin it, but I think the bearing is definitely on its way out.