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Re: Slave Cylinder Discussion

To: mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Slave Cylinder Discussion
From: jay_welch@juno.com
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:07:54 -0400
Good point Mike.

Jay

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 06:28:40 -0700 (PDT) michael lunsford
<mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com> writes:
> One last response to the observations of Jim Franks, listed below, 
> (see the area in Bold added by me) concerning this issue.  I don't 
> know if this is an issue of semantics or what, all I know is that it 
> worked for me and I suspect for other six pack members (anyone else 
> out there).  The fact that, as Jim Franks said, the SC does not work 
> when it is mounted on the front side of the plate but does work when 
> it is properly mounted on the rear side of the plate demonstrates 
> the point I was trying to make.  Moving the SC farther toward the 
> rear causes the lever on the clutch shaft to start from a more 
> engaged position.  This causes the TOB to apply more force to the 
> pressure plate.  I apologize to the person who initially asked the 
> question about this issue since this was not his problem after all 
> and we have gone pretty far afield.
> 
> Mike Lunsford, 1070 TR6  
> 
> <Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:32:13 -0400
> <From: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>
> <: Re: Clutch Problem Discussion
> 
> <This subject is a bit of a 'pet peeve', so I'm going to explain my
> <understanding of the systems a bit further.
> 
> <The clutch doesn't work like the brakes.  The throwout arm doesn't 
> care
> <where you put the slave cylinder. The little spring behind the 
> slave
> <piston pushes back as far as it can after you release the pedal, 
> and
> <that's where the pushrod stops, regardless of where the cylinder 
> is. I
> <have had a piston pop clear out of the slave once with it mounted 
> on 
> <the
> <wrong side (oops!), so I am referring to adding spacer washers to a
> <properly installed cylinder here.
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