Anyone know about G50 boxes & clutches?

[vwrx]

I pulled the engine out of the car to replace the throwout bearing and input shaft seal to my G50 gearbox. At the same time I had the pressure plate machined to remove some minor marking from a previous clutch plate problem. I've also have the master cylinder and slave cylinders reconditioned and the release fork bushes replaced.

Upon initial reinstallation of the engine the clutch wouldn't disengage so I pulled the engine out, checked everything and put it back in after confirming all was installed correctly.

The clutch won't disengage at all.

I can start the car in neutral but can't get it in gear when pushing the clutch pedal. I've tried starting the car in gear with the clutch pedal pushed and the car moves.

I've also inspected the slave cylinder when pushing the clutch pedal and the release fork is clearly moving and pulling the release bearing (you can see the clutch pressure plate splines being pulled also).

Any assitance is appreciated!

[ricola]

Sounds like you have air in the clutch hydraulics to me, definitely worth spending a bit mroe time bleeding it. Are the m/c and slave your originals? Is it possible that they are the wrong size/model now? Were they standard parts to begin with?

Hope that helps!

Rich

[vwrx]

did a post over on the pelican parts forum

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...hreadid=288081

looks like the engine is coming out....pressure plate I'm pretty sure