Hi Vance,
The dust cover is out of place becuase of the other issues that were going on.
I just haven't pushed it back into place since the gearbox was out. I will
check to make sure that rod is the same length. Also if I end up pulling the
gearbox again I will check the new fork position against the old to make sure
they are the same. I don't think the piston is at the extreme end of the bore
but I'll look to make sure.
Thanks as always for the reply!
Kendall
--- "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com> wrote:
> Kendall:
>
> Your installation looks impeccable. Shiny new washers and cotter
> pins. Bleed nipple in the correct place, slave mounted properly. You can
> be my mechanic anytime...
> I can't really tell from the picture, but it looks like the dust
> cover is partially out of place, as if it had almost been pushed off the
> end of the slave cylinder. If this is correct, then your piston is
> traveling too far, and almost popping out of the end of the slave. This
> would give you the erratic operation you have been observing.
> Any possibility the fork is new, and is the wrong length? If it
> is too short, then the piston would be free to travel to the end of the
> bore and... well, you get the idea. The slave piston normally operates
> near the limit of the bore length anyway, and if the fork is a tad
> short....
> Another possibility: Is your cross shaft new? I am racking my
> brain, but I *thought* that the cross shaft linkage should be tilted
> forward slightly, and it looks like yours is vertical. Hmm. If I am
> remembering that correctly, your cross shaft might be drilled
> incorrectly, placing the linkage too far back in its travel, allowing
> the piston to extend out of the slave. Verify this before going crazy on
> it, as I am not able to look at my car to verify this.
> All of this can be resolved by popping off the dust cover and
> having a buddy work the pedal while you watch the slave. If the piston
> is trying to come out of the bore, you will know what is wrong. The
> problem then becomes figuring out what is causing the excess travel.
>
> Vance
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kendall Larsen [mailto:mailkendall@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: August 01, 2006 9:57 AM
> To: Navarrette, Vance; 6pack List
> Subject: RE: Yet another clutch thread
>
> Hey List,
>
> Thanks to everyone who read and replied to my question. Vance I'll try
> to work
> through your check list.
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