From: Wally Plumley [wplumley@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 8:39 AM
To: 928
Subject: [928] Re: Checking the Clutch

At 05:12 AM 7/20/02, Andy McIntyre wrote:
>My clutch hose blew, which left me dead in the water. Disappointing, as 
>the car had just been serviced. I notice that the service schedule says 
>"check clutch operation". Given that the hose that failed was enclosed in 
>a protective sheath, a visual inspection would have been useless.
>
>Does the test procedure for the clutch specify a minimum gap between the 
>clutch plate and the pressure plate with the clutch pedal fully depressed, 
>or is this in the "Just replace it every 100,000 miles category"?


To check the wear on the clutch:
Remove the rubber plug on the bottom of the bellhousing, and check the 
position of the release lever.
1978 - 1982 The wear limit has been reached when the front edge of the 
lever just appears in the inspection hole.
1983 - up  The wear limit has been reached when the front edge of the lever 
reaches the end of the inspection hole.

Wally Plumley
928 Specialists
www.928gt.com