Jeff and Craig, one thing you guys should check is all the clutch
mechanical linkage. There are about four, maybe more, spots where you
can expect wear in the linkage. Check where the clutch pedal pivots, and
check the linkage to the clutch master cylinder. Also check the rod with
the eye in it that comes out of the slave cylinder; and the fork that
actuates the throw out bearing. These spots have a tendency to wear, the
pivot holes get egg shaped instead of round and the pins tend to wear
also. The sum total of the wear causes the pedal movement to be less
than adequate.
Good luck.
Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Sun, 28 Sep 1997 09:33:17 -0700 "Craig H. Brallier" <brallier@twd.net>
writes:
>Jeff Boatright wrote:
>>
>> My clutch seems to be releasing just as I bring my foot back from the
full
>> extension of the pedal travel (that is, the gear seems to be fully
engaged
>> almost as soon as I begin to pull my foot back from the firewall).
I've
>> just installed a new clutch line and bled the system. Prior to this,
the
>> engaging of the gear was much smoother and seemed to require much more
>> pedal travel. Could this new "feel" be due to air in the lines?
Conversely,
>> is the new feel the proper situtation, meaning that the old feel was
due to
>> air in the lines or all the crud in the MC that I cleaned out?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65(!) A-H Sprite
>> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
>
>Jeff,
>My 75 B acts the same way. The clutch starts engaging almost as soon as
>you release the pedal. I tried bleeding the slave cylinder but that
>didn't make any difference. So I have been assuming it was the throwout
>bearing going and figured I would replace it when I could no longer
shift
>the transmission.
>
>Then a new problem. Brake fluid leaking out of the clutch master
>cylinder on my foot. So a new master cylinder is on the schedule.
>Hopefully this will cure both problems.
>
>Craig
>75 B - with wet left foot
>76 B
>
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