> Dear Triumph list,
> I have recently bought my first car (Having had bikes all my life), a
> 1979 Triumph spitfire.
> Amongst other things this car has supposedly had a new clutch, but
> yesterday whilst driving in London my clutch started slipping until
> eventually I couldn't pull away from the lights. I left the car for
> about half an hour to cool down, and it was fine, though I do
> sometimes feel as if the clutch has a bit of slip, particularly when
> hot and in the high gears.
> The day was not very warm and the traffic was quite light. I had only
> been out for about 40 mins, and I hadn't been driving very hard,
> though I had been flipping the overdrive in and out a bit. Is this
> sort of thing normal? Can I adjust the clutch, and if so how? Could
> this be an overdrive problem instead?
Morning,
The problem does sound as though it could be overdrive related, apparently some
late O/D had a faultly one-way bearing fitted, I had a friend whose car had
these problems, and it was just like a dud clutch, I can't think of a way to
test it without ripping the gearbox out, it may be worth giving John Kipping a
ring for more advice(01203 645333), sorry I can't be of more help
Cheers
Rich
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