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Following on from quattro-nicks excellent thread "my solution for a heavy clutch pedal" I posted " Do you think this could be made to work for the heavy URS6 clutch pedal? Daves reply to my question received quick interest from others. I then asked the question "is a heavy clutch pedal a trait of the URS4 and URS6" and didn't get a reply.
So to try and answer my own question and to therefore help others i got out my copy of Volkswagen Audi Car May 1997 where there is an excellent test article "The last of the Turbo fives" to see what could be gleaned from there and i found this.
Quote " The gearchange for the six-ratio manual box is much smoother than when it was first released and, once you have got used to having four planes of movement and remember there is a sixth gear,it becomes a source of pleasure. Or rather,it should, but the pleasure is marred by an EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVY CLUTCH, a feature common to all S class Audis. We cannot see any reason for it: the linkage between pedal and clutch is hydraulic and the cylinders could be designed to give lighter operation without excessive movement. Alternatively, you could opt for the four-ratio automatic transmission and, if the motoring is largely in urban areas, we would choose this version. True, it saps both acceleration and, more dramatically, fuel economy, but it does take the strain of the left foot and makes this big car much more pleasant to drive in traffic."
Hope that clears it up.
So to try and answer my own question and to therefore help others i got out my copy of Volkswagen Audi Car May 1997 where there is an excellent test article "The last of the Turbo fives" to see what could be gleaned from there and i found this.
Quote " The gearchange for the six-ratio manual box is much smoother than when it was first released and, once you have got used to having four planes of movement and remember there is a sixth gear,it becomes a source of pleasure. Or rather,it should, but the pleasure is marred by an EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVY CLUTCH, a feature common to all S class Audis. We cannot see any reason for it: the linkage between pedal and clutch is hydraulic and the cylinders could be designed to give lighter operation without excessive movement. Alternatively, you could opt for the four-ratio automatic transmission and, if the motoring is largely in urban areas, we would choose this version. True, it saps both acceleration and, more dramatically, fuel economy, but it does take the strain of the left foot and makes this big car much more pleasant to drive in traffic."
Hope that clears it up.
so just being old cannot be exclusively the problem......maybe wear more like.
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