New pressure plate after 5000 miles or what happened

Somebody else said it’s the Bowman tube which has to be straightened out possibly

Yes I only have 5000 miles on the car and by the way the guy that told me about the 12 V electric small blanket works great in the winter here in Arizona

Be ready for next winter for sure

Sometimes replacing the shorter early style clutch release arm with a longer, later style one makes a big difference in clutch feel. Yes, you have to make sure the bowden tube is curved just so. And the cable needs to be greased along its whole length and the tube its in can't be kinked or broke loose from the tunnel. If all that's done and the clutch is still too heavy you might consider a less race-oriented clutch setup—though in my experience so far, no VW-based clutch is even in the same league, in terms of leg feel, with an old Camaro clutch from the '60s or early '70s. 

I recently replaced my PP with a stock Sachs 200mm. It replaced a Kennedy stage 1, which is supposed to be 1700 pounds of pressure.

I noticed absolutely zero difference in pedal effort. There must be another underlying problem, JPC.

Kennedy pressure plates are JUNK!  I;d rather run an EMPI and thats saying a lot form me...  We use Sachs and Sachs HD and have used nothing f=but for several years.

I had probably a dozen KEP Stage 1 clutches stretch or break rivets in under 1000 miles, some as quickly as Day 1.  And it didn't matter if they were hydraulic or cable and I use the proper length arm, properly adjusted, so there is no chance they were hyperextended (which can easily happen with the wrong hydraulics or the wrong length clutch arm FYI) 

I have been very happy with nearly all my KEP purchases and I still use a lot of their parts, I just avoid their pressure plates now.

I did bring this to their attention many years ago and all I got was  "its not an issue" and "you must be over adjusting" type replies.  Search the VW forums, it IS an issue...  I don't know if it is JPC's issue, but it's an issue.

re:Bowden tube, it's easy to check your bend, but that usually either makes the cable hard to push when over bent (and can break cables early) or makes it chatter when under bent.  And as I said before, longer clutch arm can move the TO bearing too far and hyperextend the pressure plate or destroy the TO bearing, so if you are using a long arm, be extra cautious when adjusting the freeplay.

Don't mean to contradict you, Carey, but a longer clutch arm will reduce effort to push the clutch, and also slightly reduce the throw of the throwout bearing as compared to the shorter clutch arm.

@DannyP , you are absolutely correct, pre-coffee brain fart.  Overadjusted cable or hydraulics with too much throw will overextend, longer arm will not.

"Pre-coffee brain fart" LOL. Happens to all of us.