Thank you, everyone, for your responses. We seemed to have gotten rather
sidetracked on the technology of the amount of proper free-play for the clutch
slave cylinder. The real issue was that the clutch dis-engages too soon in the
pedal travel, and re-engages at the end of the travel, later than perhaps it
should. The issue of early disengagement, late engagement, doesn't seem that
it should be affected by the amount of freeplay, just as long as there IS
freeplay. (Actually, having too much freeplay would seem to mean the clutch
should be disengaging midway or lower down the pedal's travel, right?)
Fed Thomas wondered if there might not be a pre-load on the throwout bearing.
(Yes, Fred, this was new too.) I think he's right. This is what it seems to
act like. I have freeplay on the slave even with the clevis pin removed and
the slave fork removed from the transmission lever. ...But if there is no
fulcrum pin (maybe I'm remembering my Datsun Roadster, and not the TR
transmission), then what can account for a preloaded throwout bearing when
there's any (regardless of measurement) freeplay in the slave shaft?
Thanks again, everyone, for your responses.
Terry Smith
New Hampshire
>> Whaat ? The correct freeplay at the slave varies a little bit by source,
> but should be more like 1/32".
>
> This is measured as how far the pushrod can move out of the slave cylinder,
> with it still connected to the operating lever.
>
> > There is the fulcrum adjustment in the bellhousing that the fork
> > rides on. Should I have adjusted that?
>
> Ok, you've lost me totally here. Are we talking about a stock TR3A
> transmission ? There should be no adjustments inside the bellhousing unless
> someone has substituted something.
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