[T2] Binding Clutch

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Remember, your clutch is part of the trans shaft,  the throwout 
system/flywheel is part of the engine.  With clutch thickness wear your 
free play lessens and you loosen the cable wingnut. Shifting is easy but 
you don't have full grab on the clutch and it wears/glazes/loss of 
power, like "riding the clutch with your foot.
    With cable stretch your free play gets bigger and clutch will not 
release all the way, causing clashing as the transhaft is still spinning 
as you shift. Tightening the free play will help, but better have a 
spare cable and/or learn to shift without a cable!
    I once had a binding clutch on the 78 where the lining on one side 
delaminated and was flung to outer edge,  effectively making the disk 
"thicker"=hard to shift as it kept spinning from the lining piled up. 
The thowout seemed OK, with no increasing free play. The clue there is 
this was intermittent, shifting ok sometimes and being difficult others. 
  Don't remember if I pulled the cable and it was fine... but finally 
had to pull the engine to check the clutch.