When was the last time the rubber flex hose was replaced? They tend to rot
from the inside out. A quick depression of the pedal pushes lots of little
rubber pieces into the slave cylinder and they tend to block the normal bleed
down of the clutch (act like little rubber stoppers) slowing the release of the
clutch. Disassemble and clean the slave cylinder, replace the hose, and it
should cure your problem.
Well things have been going too good it seems.
We put a couple of hundred miles on the Bugeye this weekend
running around
to the various car things that go on here the weekend of the
historic races.
Friday night we did the cruise that always takes place the
weekend of the
historic's. About 25 miles around Pacific Grove, Carmel, Pebble
Beach,
Monterey, Etc. Along toward the end of the cruise the clutch
started acting
strange. It now works fine as long as you are not in a rush.
When you shift
with any urgency at all, the clutch wants to stay depressed. If
you shift at
a normal speed and let off the gas as you shift the pedal
returns just fine.
If you try any manner of speed shifting the pedal kind of hangs
up or at
least is very slow in engaging. No slippage or anything once it
is engaged.
Pressure plate, disk and release bearing are all Datsun 210
parts. The slave
is a 1275 slave cylinder mounted with Paul A's bracket that
places the bleed
screw in the proper orientation and uses an adjustable push
rod. The system
has about 3000 miles on it.
Any ideas? I've never experienced this symptom before.
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