If it wasn't engaging right at the bottom of travel beforehand he was
telling porkies. However, the clutch is self-adjusting but wear in the
mechanical linkages in the pedal box can cause quite a lot of 'lost motion',
I calculated about 1" at the pedal on my roadster before I welded up and
filed out the hole in the pedal and replaced the clevis-pin and push-rod.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Lind" <dtjon@hotmail.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:27 AM
Subject: Clutch slipping...
> Howdy. It's been a while since I've been on. I'm having a problem with
my
> clutch. About 2 years, though only 3000 miles, ago I paid a guy to
replace
> the clutch on my MGB. When I picked it up he assured me that it was
normal
> that the clutch engaged at the very end of the clutch lever's travel.
Just
> as you release the lever it would finally engage. I suspected at the time
> this wasn't correct, but what could I say? It worked and it's not
> adjustable.
>
> Recently the clutch started slipping when it was warm. Finally, on
Friday,
> it started slipping so badly that I could barely drive it home. What
could
> cause this? The fluid has been replaced several times. Even if the slave
> or master were bad (they shouldn't be, but you know how that goes) it
would
> seem that it would cause it to no longer disengage, but if everything else
> failed it would always engage.
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