Mike,
Moving the slave cylinder, or adding washers, or lengthening the pushrod
does NOT change the travel range of the slave cylinder piston. It may
move the travel to an unworn area in the slave cylinder bore, which is
the only potential benefit of doing this. ( I have gained a few years
service from a bad slave this way) With new or unworn parts, assemble as
designed for best result.
Mark,
Be sure the slave is installed with bleed nipple up. Have an assistant
smoothly pump the clutch pedal until a firm pedal is felt, then bleed
the slave. Do this 4 or 5 times even if you don't seem to be getting
air. Be sure to top off the reservoir between EACH try, or you'll let in
air and be starting over to remove the air bubble you will introduce to
the system.
It is easy to get a bubble in the clutch line, or in the brakes for that
matter. Try jacking the front or back of the car up while bleeding if
you just can't get a good pedal with known good hydraulic components.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "michael lunsford" <mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 4:12 PM
Subject: Clutch Problem
> Mark Wright wrote about his clutch not disengaging after doing a
clutch and slave cylinder rebuild:
>
> <When I bought the car the clutch pedal went to the floor so I rebuilt
> the
> clutch MC and SC. Now I'm having problems engaging in any gears since
> I
> bled the lines.>
>
> I would recommend that you check to see if you installed the slave
cylinder properly. If the slave cylinder is installed in front of
instead of behind the plate to which it is supposed to be secured you
will lose about 1/4 of an inch of slave cylinder throw to the clutch.
You can also get a little more length to the slave cylinder throw if you
put one or two washers between the slave cylinder and the rear of the
plate to which it is bolted. This is not recommended unless you can't
get the slave to fully disengage the clutch any other way since it may
cause the throw out bearing to fail early because it may be partially
engaged all of the time.
>
> Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6
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