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New Flywheel and Clutch, can't get into gear.

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ChazGTI:

--- Quote from: r5gtt on July 05, 2016, 01:14:10 pm ---There's something not right as the bubbles should clear them selves. Can't remember or even know how many reservoirs are there on the gti?. are they combined in to one for both clutch and brake?.

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Gonna take the bleed block off and inject the throwout bearing manually, then bleed again.  Want to make sure it's not full of air.  Might try a reverse power bleed too.  Yes, brakes and clutch share a reservoir.

r5gtt:
Have you tried a gravity bleed where you let it rin naturally for a few nitunes making sure you tip up to the brim of the fluid bottle and then tightening the nipple and pumping the clutch pedal a few times and if the pedal doesn't raise itself manually pull it up and try again.

When you replace the master cylinder the procedure is different from just normal bleeding because normally people don't zip tie the line in an upright position and they let it dangle down dripping fluid out and filling the system with air. Or they don't cap the line from the brake fluid reservoir and the fluid level drops below minimum introducing air into the clutch master cylinder. Either way if it's not done correctly and you get air in the clutch, it can be difficult to remove.

ChazGTI:
Gravity and Vaccum bled it,  no difference. 

Disconnected starter motor to have a look inside and the pressure plate disengages and reengages fine with pedal!?
Really confused now. 
Basically the difference of having the engine running stops the clutch from disengaging. I tightened the pressure plate bolts past the recommended 20nm,  could that be the issue here? I've got the access to loosen them.

I've also read that you're meant to realign the shifter cables whenever you disconnect them,  could this be the case even though i can shift all gears with the engine off?

GTI-MATT:
Dont undo the clutch bolts that wont make any difference. If your 100% sure the parts are correct and you fitted the friction plate the right way round its got to be down to bleeding. I always gravity bleed it for a minute tighten nipple up pump the pedal 15-20 times then gravity bleed again and pump pedal again then final pressure bleed. Also you cant mix a match the makes of flywheel and clutch in your case they got to be both luk.

xjay1337:
As I said, I had the exact same issue, and the fingers on the pressure plate were not the correct height, so the clutch would not fully disengage when you pressed the clutch.

Are you sure everything is correct parts wise?
Do you have an LUK Flywheel with a LUK Pressure plate and LUK friction disc? Have you mis-matched parts?
If you have bled it (and you are sure it's done properly) then you have a parts or installation problem.

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