Hello List,
An update on my clutch repair project that has been dragging on for weeks. I
inspected the clutch push rod more carefully today while in the midst of
replacing the seals in the cylinders. (Replacing the seals because it's not
hard, and wasn't all that expensive, and I can I can check now them off the
list of likely culprits.)I think I found a source of a lot of lost travel. The
clutch master cylinder push rod is not in good shape. The hole is ovaled out as
you can see in the pictures linked to below.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/tr6login/IMG_3466.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/tr6login/IMG_3467.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/tr6login/IMG_3468.jpg
(kind of a tricky item to photograph)
So the question is, since TRF doesn't sell push rods for the master cylinders
anymore, what have you guys been doing to fix ovaled out pushrods? (I'm
assuming maybe incorrectly that the other suppliers aren't selling this anymore
either)
One solution would be buy a slave cylinder push rod, cut off the good end and
then attach it to my current push rod. Seems a bit brute force though, any one
have any good suggestions?
Kendall
San Clemente, CA
Interesting footnote... apparently "ovaled" isn't really a word.
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