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Rick and others,
I had a similar experience in my TR6, worked fine when I first purchased
it, however in a short while suddenly I could not shift into any gear
(happened on an incline). Got the beast home and found that the pin was
in the top most hole for the clutch arm. After checking a few thing I
found that the infamous thrust washers had dropped into the oil pan.
Short block from TRF, new carpet, windshield and crash pads (shipwrights
disease) and it's back on the road. The end play on the crankshaft is
something like 6-10 thousands, mine was about 3/16" a little to much.
Larry
80 TR8
74 TR6
67 TR4A
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Subject: TR6:Clutch slave tale and question
Author: triumphs-owner@autox.team.net at SMTPGATE
Date: 08/19/96 03:51 PM
My clutch slave gave out last week.
Of course, it was a Sunday at the local mall
Of course, no store in the mall sold brake fluid (thinking I might
just refill the
master after every few shifts)
Of course, that last idea didn't work (even though I found a way to get fluid)
Of course, I just had to inspect/clean the slave guts, and pulled
the rod to the clutch.
Oh, yeah, of course it was raining!
Anyhow, I did get home, towed behind the wife's Aerostar......
Keep reading, you're almost to the question....
Ordered new slave (inside of old one was corroded), and what the heck,
got a new master
while I was on the phone to TRF (all in stock, lucky me). Three days
later, whilst
installing slave, got a nasty surprise when the back end (bleeder)
of the cylinder was
just a tad too large to fit the mounting bracket. My 4" grinder didn't
fit in the hole,
the Dremel was on loan, so spent 1/2 hour fileing the sucker (wish
TRF mentioned this
when I called, would have saved some frustration, but that's what
LBCs are all about,
eh?). Hindsight says I could have filed the cylinder, but naaaah,
maybe not a good
idea. I bled the system (no air bubbles), reinstalled the rod, got
good distance when
pedal was depressed, but....
Your getting closer to the question: I followed Bentley's advice
and put the rod in the
center hole, and couldn't shift into any gears (except reverse, if
I did it reeaall
slow). Tried the top hole, same results, so went to the bottom,
and had no problem
shifting to any gear. If I remember correctly, before me panic disassembly
at the mall,
it WAS in the bottom hole all along.
THE QUESTION: Does this indicate that my pin on the clutch shaft is
broken, but not
enough (yet) to cause a no-drive condition? Clutch doesn't feel mushy,
and there's no
problem shifting. Are there any other ways to tell if the pin is
broken, other than
transmission removal? I'm planning a 400+ mile drive next weekend
and hate to be stuck
out in the hills of PA, getting towed behind a team of horses......
Thanks,
RickO
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