The grinding noise is only present when you attempt to engage a gear. With
the car idling in neutral, there is no noise. There appears to be plenty of
travel, but the pressure plate sounds as if it's not disengaging to allow
selection of any gear.
Thanks,
R. Ashford Little II
'70 <http://www.ralittle2.com/> TR6, 73.5 911
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From: Dave1massey@cs.com [mailto:Dave1massey@cs.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:24 AM
To: 70TR6@mindspring.com; Triumphs@autox.team.net; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Baffling clutch issues
In a message dated 8/26/2006 9:14:29 AM Central Standard Time,
70TR6@mindspring.com writes:
OK, so a buddy comes over last night for a relatively quick rebuild on his
clutch master and slave - that was around 9:00 p.m. Shawn's car is his
daily driver and he's had it for fifteen years or so, so he's knows what
he's doing. Toad and I are mainly providing moral support by consuming
Newcastle beer, but then after the rebuild the grinding noise is very, very
bad. Several bleeds and swapping out a master that I had lying around
provided no relief. Finally at 2:15 a.m. he went home grinding away until
we had more energy &a fix.
The clutch was recently replaced and we put a bolt in the cross-shaft at the
time to do away with the broken taper pin issue. The clutch is a Sachs with
a Koyo t/o bearing. Both the master and slave were rebuilt with no relief.
There is some slop in the clevis pin and linkage where some of the holes
aren't brand new, but I'm worried that something else is at play.
Ideas, options?
Can you provide more a detailed description of the grinding noise. For
example, is it a grinding associated with the movement of the clutch release
mechanism or the rotating components? Does it occur as the pedal is
depressed and released and is it present with the engine running and
stopped? Or is it constant with the clutch pepressed but onely with the
engine running?
Dave
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