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RE: storage + clutch

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: RE: storage + clutch
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 11:38:06 +0100
good advice. I'd also do that with the brakes, storage can ruin even new
cylinder seals.

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> From:         Don Spence[SMTP:spence@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca]
> Reply To:     Don Spence
> Sent:         Thursday, October 01, 1998 8:01 PM
> To:   ebk@buffnet.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      storage + clutch
> 
> 
> The piece of wood holding the clutch disengaged is a bad idea. You are
> putting the springs into "compression" for an awful long time as well as
> straining the hydraulic system. In a nutshell you are asking for failure
> of one, the other or both.
> The best thing to do is to go out to the garage once a month and pump
> all the pedals to "exercise" them. This will also break any rust forming
> between the P plate and F disk.
> Cheerio
> Don
> 

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