On Thu, 5 Sep 1996 01:39:41 -0400 Nickbk@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 96-09-04 05:05:57 EDT, you write:
>>Sometimes the clutch
>>won't fully disengage and you have to hold the car on the brake and bash
>>the gear lever out of gear.
>
>Sounds like you are not getting a full throw on the release bearing. This can
>be caused by several hydraulic problems, but you seem to have replaced the
>obvious ones. The only one you have overlooked is the rubber hydraulic hose
>between the master and slave cylinders.
The connecting pipe is a copper one on my car. And I've changed it
anyway !
>If this is not your problem, look at all the clevis joints on the linkage. A
>little play in each one will add up to enough play to cause your problem.
That's worth checking.
>If niether of these suggestions fix the problem, remember...you didn't hear
>it here.
Who said that ? :)
Thanks to all the people who have suggested I go back and recheck the
sleeve the release bearing runs on. I'll strip it out over the weekend
and have a _really_ good look at it.
Julian.
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Julian Daley, Dept. Clinical Physics, Guy's Hospital, London
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