John:
Welcome to the joys of the TR6 clutch. Your slave cylinder
sounds normal to me. Nothing keeps the push rod in place except the
pressure supplied by the clutch arm.
If something goes wrong, it is conceivable that your push rod
will pop out while you are driving and in short order your underwear
gets soiled. So keep your clutch in good working order.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of John Summers
Sent: November 08, 2007 2:17 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Clutch slave cylinder
Somebody tell me something, please. My TR has been
out of commission for two months because the clutch
hydraulics went out.
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Today when the slave came off,,,,,,the rod which it
operates fell out. There was a rubber plunger around
it which was worthless. Nothing that I have in either
the rebuild parts or the new parts even resembles this
piece of rubber. Also, I question as to why that rod
seems to just fit into the end of the slave cylinder.
Sure, the other end attaches to the arm which operates
the clutch. Does pressure from that arm force the rod
into the slave is such a way that it doesn't need any
c clips or anything to hold it?
It just seems weird.
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John Summers
'74 TR6
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