Susan,
I have read all the replies and have nothing to add. But here are some of my
experiences.
It seems that your pressure plate is not traveling far enough from the clutch
disc. Do replace the flex-hose if you have any doubt about is age. Sometimes
they get oil on them which causes them to age rapidly.
Even if your taper pin has sheered, you still should be able to adjust enough
travel and this wouldn't be affected by heat. I would make sure the system is
bleeded 100%. If all else fails, I would rebuild the slave cylinder, and
replace the flex hose just to be sure and re-bleed. Cant hurt, not too
expensive. I rebuilt my slave cylinder a few years back and you would be amazed
how dirty the inside of that cylinder was. Remember that is a dirty area, Oil,
road dirt etc. It has been my experience that this sort of problem is caused by
something related to hydraulics.
Bob Labuz
1958 TR3A
1974 T140V
Susan Tucker wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Well, the last major problem that I need to fix on my '64 TR4 is with the
> clutch. The problem is that when the car is cold, it goes into all forward
> gears smoothly and there is just a "normal" grind when it goes into
> reverse. After it warms up from a few laps around the block it REALLY
> grinds when I try and put it into reverse. Also, when you do go ahead and
> put it into reverse, keep the clutch pushed in, take it out of reverse and
> then try to put it back into reverse, it grinds again jsut like the first
> time. Also going into any of the 4 forward gears is not as smooth as it
> was when it was cold. It doesn't grind going into the forward gears but it
> does kinda' "clunk" into the gear like the transmission just isn't as
> stopped as it should be. Also on a flat surface in first gear with the
> clutch pushed in the car seems to want to creap forward.
>
> Here's what I've done so far. I have fixed the play in the clutch master
> cylinder "yoke" and clutch pedal caused by wear in the pivot holes. I've
> bled the slave cylinder and my husband and I have adjusted the clutch as
> per the service manual. When the clutch is depressed, the rod on the slave
> cylinder moves almost exactly 5/8 of an inch. The clutch, pressure plate
> and throwout bearing were supposed to have been replaced back when the
> previous owner restored the car back in the mid '80's ( I have the
> receipts for the parts so I assume that they were actually installed). The
> car only has a couple of thousand miles on it since then but has been
> sitting since about '89.
>
> Any ideas on what the problem may be? Any suggestions on what I should
> check out next?
>
> As always, thanks for any help you can give me,
> Susan
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