Hey List,
Well here we go again with another clutch problem. I tried bleed the clutch
this evening and it worked great for maybe 10 or so engage/disengage
operations, And then back to only partial disengaging of the clutch. Let me
see if I can set up the facts concisely so you can take a guess at the cause.
- Car drove for years but with very short clutch action, not sticky, just very
near the floor.
- Broken fork pin problem finally degraded to the point where the car was
undrivable a few months back.
- Replaced cross shaft and fork but not the throw-out bearing, put everything
back together clutched disengaged fully but with many of the 'sticky' clutch
symptoms.
- After only a few days/weeks of driving with the somewhat sticky clutch it
began to only partially disengage again.
- Thinking it was a problem with me not greasing the front cover of the gearbox
where the throw-out bearing sleeve rides I pulled the gear box and greased up
the sleeve.
- Now I can only get the clutch to work for a few strokes before it goes back
to partially disengaging. Sometimes it works to "pump it up" by working the
pedal repeatedly until the clutch is fully disengaged.
- I don't think the fork is broken again since I added a secondary pin last
time, but I didn't really try hard to move the fork on the shaft while it was
out last time. Maybe it is broken again... but I doubt it.
- Will probably pull the gear box again to make SURE that the fork is OK.
- ??? Not sure what else to try after that?
- Maybe there's a problem with the hydraulics somewhere?
Getting annoyed...
Kendall
San Clemente, CA
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