> Brain
>
> The piston in the slave cylinder does push out the dust seal on the slave
> cylinder.
> (not completely)
> I've only driven one other TR6, when I push on this clutch there seems to
> be
> more
> pressure than just the return spring. Also when the engine is running I
> hear
> a faintly different sound when the clutch is depressed.
>
> Jim Bromiel
> Naperville, Il.
>
> > Hi-
> > I'm not intimately familiar with the TR6 clutch fork/shaft
> > arrangement, but if it is anything like the TR3/4 pieces, do you think
> > there is a chance the fork is no longer responding to the motion
> provided
> by
> > the clutch slave ? I seem to remember there was a small pin- possibly
> > securing the fork to the shaft- that has a history of losing its purpose
> in
> > life. Question to Mr. Bromiel- Does the pedal 'feel like a clutch' or
> are
> > you just pushing against the return spring at the slave cylinder?
> Perhaps
> > the car has not been driven for a while because of this
> > failure, leading one to hope the clutch disc is merely not letting go of
> the
> > flywheel ( or clutch cover plate.) ((driven hard, put away broken...))
> > Good Luck!!
> > Bob W.
>
> When the pin breaks, it breaks at the base of the taper section, near the
> threaded
> part. This is a design flaw and the pin always breaks in the same spot.
> Thus, the
> lower portion of the pin stays threaded in, trapping the upper part of the
> pin. The
> result is that the shaft rotates about 20 degrees or so rearward until the
> small end
> of the taper takes up the slack in the clearance hole in the fork. The
> usual result
> is that the pedal looses it's smooth feel and becomes 'on-or-off' in feel
> most often
> with a significant increase in pedal effort. Sometimes the piston will
> extend so far
> out of the slave that the seal pops out and you lose pressure.
>
> I've never seen the fork come completely loose on the shaft. Since the
> car
> has been
> sitting for a while, the disk is probably just stuck.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian Schlorff
>
>
>
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