Emerald-UrS4

I had my Clutch Master replaced, the pedal went straight to the floor, got the car back from the dealer (wait before you flame me, I'll explain below) and now it's difficult to shift into 1st & 2nd gear? any thoughts?

While driving on the bridge the pedal went straight to the floor and I was stranded and had to be towed, I was too far out to have the car towed to a garage that I knew, and I was leaving on a trip so I had no timje to do it myself, so I needed the car back ASAP... so in haste I had it towed to the dealer. Well I was quoted $1600 to $3200 for the fix (they wanted to change everything possible), I asked that only the Clutch Master be changed (the clutch was already changed 62K miles ago), but now it's very difficult to shift into 1st & 2nd gear...but the other gears are okay?

Any thoughts? I'm afraid the dealer will claim there are other issues, "we did only as you asked" :-(

Could the shifter linkage be out of alignement? or is there an adjustment for the Clutch Master (not engaging fully)

Turbo_Anarchy

Pedal freeplay may be incorrect or there could still be air in system.

Emerald-UrS4

Thanks! Well they did flush the fluid so air is possible, how do I check/adjust freeplay?

4Driver4

Does the problem occur with the engine off? Sounds like a shift linkage adjustment to me.

Emerald-UrS4

I just finding it strange this is happening now... cause the car shifted fine before, now it's almsot impossible without a lot of force!

Perhaps this write up would serve me well?<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/201683.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/201683.phtml</a</li></ul>

4Driver4

Yeah, that looks like a really good write-up. Good time for a short shifer install too ;-)

Scott_Napier

If you look at the master cylinder DIY, it gives you a distance in MM to set the paw to.

Emerald-UrS4

Just an update on this...

Well my shifter linkage is out of alignment! but it's been a beotch to get back into alignment. I tried with the help of Don Smith and we got really close (1st, 2nd, etc.) shifted great but then I could not get into reverse :-( we tried to align from underneath the car only playing with the adjustment of the two rods, it's really tight in there. However this weekend I played some more but from inside the car after reading Bentely and it's also possible to make adjustments from inside the car under the shift boot. That helped a bit more, now it's just 2nd gear I have problems with... So I think if I take another crack at it and work both from under and inside the car I should be able to align it properly.

I did later take the car to my favorite local garage, and he suggested changing the connecting rod (4A0 798 151) and possibly the "Repair Kit for selector mechanism" (4A0 798 151). He said this would tighten up my shifter and make it easier to align. Anyone know of a good place to get these parts at decent prices?

Thanks to Don for the helping hand!