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Re: [Mgs] Clutch pedal sticking down

To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Clutch pedal sticking down
From: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:19:45 -0400
Is there a way to inspect the throw-out bearing and fork without pulling the 
engine?

Also, how does the fork arm bearing get lubricated? Have I been missing 
something here?

Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@comcast.net
Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
               71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member:  NEMGTR #11470
               NAMGBR # 7-3336
               Hoosier MGB Club
               Olde Octagons of Indiana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordies garage" <mg_garage@comcast.net>
To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Clutch pedal sticking down


> There may be nothing in the foot well for it to catch on, but I'll bet 
> there is something in the bell housing.  I've seen carbon throw-out 
> bearings wear unevenly to the point that one side of the fork arm has been 
> worn away.  I don't believe that it is inconceivable that the fork is 
> catching somehow inside the bell housing.
> Other than that, you may look at a hose that is collapsed internally 
> preventing a release of hydraulic pressure.  But, that wouldn't give the 
> feeling of being caught on something.
>
> Gordie Bird
> '62 MGA MKII
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@comcast.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 9:08 AM
> To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Mgs] Clutch pedal sticking down
>
>> Just got back from a long club drive. Along the route my clutch pedal 
>> stuck
>> down (disengaged, engine revving freely) several times. It felt like it 
>> was
>> catching on something, although there is nothing in the footwell for it 
>> to
>> catch on. It's acting normal again, but I'm afraid it might happen again. 
>> Any
>> ideas on what could cause this???????
>>
>> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
>> Email - bobmgtd@comcast.net
>> Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
>>               71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
>> Member:  NEMGTR #11470
>>               NAMGBR # 7-3336
>>               Hoosier MGB Club
>>               Olde Octagons of Indiana
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