True, but the pushrod adjustment at the pedal box will. I have frequently
found these to be set up wrong, especially if the DPO has "rebuilt" any of
this stuff... Bill's car is a likely candidate for that... right Bill?
Geard
At 2:56 PM -0700 9/7/01, Jon Paschke wrote:
>Bill,
>My clutch was just like yours and my fix was new clevis pins. There are two
>that wear out and cause too much petal play. Check the one under the cover
>at the end of the master cylinders where the petal hooks up and the one at
>the slave cylinder push rod. Bleeding won't help if you already have a firm
>petal.
>Jon
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Hunt" <BillH@aaai.com>
>To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:05 PM
>Subject: Tweaking & Tuning
>
>
>> I finally got the 62 Sprite on the road and legal. What I found in
>> driving it for a day is it surges a bit from about 2K to 4K on a steady
>> state cruise. Under acceleration it does not hesitate or surge at all.
>> In fact it runs very strong. Where should I look first to change this?
>> It's a 45 DCOE with 34mm chokes. Unfortunately I don't have all the
>> other specs here with me at work.
>>
>> The other thing I noticed is the car kind of "jerks" and "bucks" when
>> pulling off from a stop (No SA remarks about the operator). It does okay
>> when slipping the clutch a little but a was wondering if the u-joints
>> could be bad or the upper link bushings being mostly shot could
>> contribute to this problem. I'm going to bleed the clutch (and brakes)
>> this weekend due to it releasing right off the floor. Maybe it will take
>> care of both problems.
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