{"id":1162,"date":"2017-06-15T19:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicbugparts.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2023-11-20T19:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:09:55","slug":"the-machining-was-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/2017\/the-machining-was-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"The Machining Was Perfect!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tim_donahoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tim_donahoe.jpg\" alt=\"tim_donahoe\" width=\"480\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tim_donahoe.jpg 480w, https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tim_donahoe-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago I bought a hook-style after-market one from a local VW vendor here in town. This new hook-style one had the hole for the clutch pin in the wrong place; so when I got it all together, the clutch shaft was pinched and wouldn&#8217;t rotate. The vendor told me to file down the end of the pedal assembly, I said no thanks and called Ron from Classic Bug Parts and told him my story. Ron assured me that his clutch-pedal shaft would fit perfectly and he was correct. The machining of his shaft was absolutely perfect, so naturally it fit my pedal cluster exactly as it should have.<\/p>\n<p>Installing the new clutch cable was also far easier, because the cable eye cannot come loose from the bearing (it&#8217;s held on by a self-locking nut) while working on the transmission end of the cable. The machining was perfect! Call me picky, but I like parts that fit without having to file, sand, whatever. Ron provided that!<br \/>\nTim Donahoe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I bought a hook-style after-market one from a local VW vendor here in town. This new hook-style one had the hole for the clutch pin in the wrong place; so when I got it all together, the clutch shaft was pinched and wouldn&rsquo;t rotate. The vendor told me to file down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/2017\/the-machining-was-perfect\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Machining Was Perfect!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testimonials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3400,"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions\/3400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldserver.classicbugparts.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}