Re: Re: TR3 Clutch

["Mike Kitchener" <mikek@wanadoo.fr>]

Dave Easton wrote :

> I've installed the slave cylinder to the front of the bracket and bled
> it. I cant get much less than .25" of free play and still have the
> push rod threaded into the clevis fork.  

I've just taken some rough measurements on my TR3A and I would have the 
same problem if I tried to do that . Also the slave cylinder bracket stay that 
goes to the oil pan bolt would not be threaded enough to fit correctly ....
or maybe it's just that my taper pin is broken  :-(

>  I'm not sure that
> this solves or proves anything because with the weak return spring,
> all of the free play at the slave cylinder would be gone as the clutch
> operates (I think).

And a lot of travel would be lost .

>I'm going to overhaul the master cylinder and slave cylinder
> again in hopes of solving the heat related clutch dragging, 

Sounds like a good idea .

> I'd like to try to reduce the free play in the slave linkage as a
> temporary work around and take my chances with the possible broken pin
> until after Summer.  Wouldn't moving the slave cylinder to the front
> of the bracket have the same effect as making a longer push rod?

IMHO that's the way to go .

Cheers

Mike

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