The symptoms sound very much like a broken pin. I drove my TR6 for years
with a broken pin and it was more or less functional but only barely and
the frequent occasions when it was not barely working like going into
and out of first and reverse eventually chipped those gears to the point
that they needed replacing. At no time did I suspect the pin, I always
thought it was due to hydraulics or worn out shafts etc. I never would
have imagined that the clutch would function in this mode but it seems
like when the pin shears it allows the fork to rotate enough to cause
problems but not (at least not always) enough to cause the clutch to
totally fail.
So if your master and slave cylinders seem ok and are bled and you still
find you have to depress the clutch to the floor to get into and out of
first and it is clear that at times the clutch has not fully disengaged
(and you can generally feel that when it happens) then a sheared pin
would be high on my list of candidates.
Stan
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I am aware of the dreaded and frequent broken clutch fork pin and
suspect that might be the cause of my problem. But I would think that
if the clutch fork wasnt pulling the clutch back enough that the car
would have trouble disengaging when coming to a stop. Does this make
sense or, is it more likely that I am missing something?
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