Re: Clutch Prob

[ANDREW_ATWELL@HP-PaloAlto-om20.om.hp.com]

     I would like to discourage you from having work done at Carlson.  They 
     have proven to be extremely incompetent when it comes to diagnosing 
     problems and repairing them, I guarentee that the will say nothing is 
     worng or "cannot reproduce at this time".  I have had endless amounts 
     of greif working with them including returning 7 times for the same 
     problem that they could not fix (rough idle, maybe you have seen my 
     posts here before) and then in one half of a day it was fixed by 
     Sunnyvale VW.  Don't bother being dicked around by Carlson service 
     people.  Go to Sunnyvale VW (used to be Stan Antonio.  You have been 
     warned!
     If you want more details let me know.
     andy


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Subject: Clutch Prob
Author:  Non-HP-kilpatri (kilpatri@cs.ucdavis.edu) at HP-PaloAlto,mimegw6
Date:    6/26/97 11:19 AM


     
I've got a '97 GLX, (black w/ black leather) almost 4 months old with 
about 5300 miles on it.
     
I went and had it waxed this morning (is it me, or does the paint scratch 
easy?) and then when I got in, I noticed something was different with my 
clutch.  About 75% of the way in there is a "rough" spot, and at this 
rough spot there is a sort of "rattle" - it's not a harmonic rattle 
(happens when the car is on or off, and regardless of the gear it is in if 
any) but it is related to how the clutch is moving.  I know this is a bad 
description, but it's the best I can do.  I am driving up to a dealer at 
lunch, but I thought I'd send something out to the list first.  If the 
dealer I'm going to (Volkswagen of Hayward) says it can wait, then I'll 
get it fixed next Tuesday the 1st when I go in for my 5k service (I'm 
getting the service done at Carlsen in Palo Alto).
     
Also, my brakes squeel at slow speeds (maybe at high speeds - the windows 
are closed then), should that be happeneing at 5K?  I couldn't have worn 
them down that quick, could I?  I haven't even started autocrossing yet. 
:-)
     
Thanks,
John
     
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