Re: <E36> Clutch issue.

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There must be some kind of fault. My Holden company car is a rebadged Opel
from Germany. I was on a driveway SOOOO steep today that I actually got
smaoke from under the car (Clutch smoke NOT tyre smoke) trying to move up
it. Mine still works fine. The car has all those environmentally friendly
things in it too.

In a VW Beetle, the angle of the cable where it turns up the attach to the
release arm can make it shudder. Perhaps there is an adjustment or
modification needed to the slave cylinder or something.

??? Weird problem but very common it would seem.


Allan :-)
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- ----- Original Message -----
From: Anup Lakare <alakare@domain.elided>
To: BMW <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: <E36> Clutch issue.


> Shudder is a definite problem in E36 models in hot weather. I tried to
find
> information on this,
>
> 1. Some people have suggested that this is because of a new clutch
material
> that BMW started using sometime in the 90s, this new material is
environment
> friendly but could be the cause of shudder.
>
> 2. Some have suggested that this could be due to hot spots developed on
> clutch and/or flywheel.
>
> 3. In the previous posting, someone has suggested that the clutch springs
> could be a cause.
>
> My knowledge of the mechanism used in these cars is limited, so I am not
> sure what is the real cause.
> But definitely BMW does not recognize this problem in their cars and I
> haven't heard of any service bulletins or recalls!
>
> Al.
>
>
>

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