Subject: Re: [Mgs] 58 mga

From: Eric Russell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:33:34 -0400

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> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:33:33 +0000
> From: Paul Hunt <[email-masked]>
>
> Second para is not correct, the self-adjusting nature of the clutch
> means wear at the slave end is automatically compensated for.? I know I
> have no experience of the MGA but read Barney Gaylord's page, the
> paragraph commencing "One of the key features ...":
> https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/clutch/ct_100.htm

Yes, the hydraulic clutch will compensate for wear in the *clutch*
components. But wear in the operating parts (like the slave's
pushrod/clevis) results in lost motion - the first bit of movement of the
slave cylinder will only take up the slack and not actually move the clutch
fork.

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Eric Russell
Mebane, NC

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"">&gt; Date: Tue, 31=
 Oct 2023 08:33:33 +0000<br style=3D"">&gt; From: Paul Hunt &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"">paulbhunt73@gmai=
l.com</a>&gt;<br style=3D"">&gt;=C2=A0<br style=3D"">&gt; Second para is no=
t correct, the self-adjusting nature of the clutch<br style=3D"">&gt; means=
 wear at the slave end is automatically compensated for.? I know I<br style=
=3D"">&gt; have no experience of the MGA but read Barney Gaylord&#39;s page=
, the<br style=3D"">&gt; paragraph commencing &quot;One of the key features=
 ...&quot;:<br style=3D"">&gt;=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/c=
lutch/ct_100.htm" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"">https://m=
gaguru.com/mgtech/clutch/ct_100.htm</a>=C2=A0<br clear=3D"all"></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D""><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" st=
yle=3D"">Yes, the hydraulic clutch will compensate for wear in the *clutch*=
 components. But wear in the operating parts (like the slave&#39;s pushrod/=
clevis) results in lost motion - the first bit of movement of the slave cyl=
inder will only take up the slack and not actually move the clutch fork.=C2=
=A0</div><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><b=
r><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signat=
ure"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"4">Eric Russell</font><div><font size=
=3D"4">Mebane, NC</font></div></div></div></div>

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