If you had a bad bearing, the clutch would still disengage, it would
just make a heck of a lot of noise (I went through 4 bad bearings in a
few months several years back, huge annoyance). You can also check the
condition of the bearing by spinning it. A bad bearing will feel a bit
loose, and may hang up occassionally when you spin it. Either way, a
bearing is not going to stop the clutch from disengaging.
This is a stumper. You've got 1/2" of throw on the clutch slave
cylinder rod, and your fork has not come loose from the cross shaft
(since it's welded on!). Everything should be working. Did this
suddenly start happening? Has your clutch ever worked since you bought
the car? If not, maybe the DPO welded the fork on in the wrong
position, and therefore the clutch can't disengage because the fork
doesn't push the bearing far enough...
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Mark Wright <mewright@eznet.net> wrote:
> From: Mark Wright <mewright@eznet.net>
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Welded Clutch Fork
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 02:28:49 GMT
>
> I've experienced some disappointments in my life - 4 Bills Super Bowl
> losses including "Wide Right", Buffalo Sabres 1999 loss in 2OTs, but
> removing my gearbox only to find no broken fork pin ranks near the
> top. The
> DPO had fabricated his own fork by welding bars of steel and bolting
> them
> around the operating shaft. Whatever the case, this "fix" appears to
> work
> as the clutch fork causes the release bearing/release bearing sleeve
> to
> slide freely on the gearbox front cover.
>
> At least if I had seen a broken fork pin, I could attribute this to
> be the
> cause, and would confidently reinstall the gearbox and new parts. At
> this
> point, I don't want to spend another 8 hours reinstalling the gearbox
> and
> not knowing the real cause of my clutch woes.
>
> Buckeye's section on "Clutch Release Bearing Woes" mentions a bad
> batch of
> RPH's release bearings produced in the mid 1990's. The number on
> mine
> reads "RPH UK 14/W 2 1/16." Could this be a bad one. I think I'm in
> over
> my head on this one. At least if I take it to my local LBC
> mechanic/parts
> supplier I'm confident he can fix it. I'll save a few bucks on labor
> since
> the gearbox is out already.
>
> Oh yes, I must confess I saw a small amount of fluid on the body on
> the
> Slave Cylinder, apparently I've got a small leak some place. I
> thought it
> was only fair to mention this.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mark Wright
> Fairport, NY
> 1972 Triumph
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