Hi all,
Just to add another datapoint on old-school hydraulic clutches:
Japanese cars with hydraulic clutches of that era (at least the 70's) had a
return spring on the clutch slave cylinder to ensure that the throwout bearing
would disengage from the clutch fingers. An adjustable pushrod on the slave
cylinder let you set the amount of initial free play, which would decrease as
the clutch wore. Typically you'd set it so that there was about an inch of
pedal movement before the throwout bearing contacted the diaphragm spring.
This would translate to maybe 1/8 to 3/16" at the throwout bearing.
The PO's mechanic had fitted a return spring to my Tiger's clutch fork. It
hooked over the clutch release fork at one end, and was hooked through a
washer that was welded to a header primary tube on the other end.
Theo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of drmayf
> Sent: May 31, 2010 3:24 PM
> To: Paul.Tonizzo@sybase.com
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 4, Issue 233
>
> Paul, let me chime in here on your thread... no criticism of your
> message...
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