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Re: [6pack] Clutch slave pushrod

To: shawn.loseke@gmail.com, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Clutch slave pushrod
From: Vsnively@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:20:09 EDT
Thanks Shawn
 
 
In a message dated 9/30/2010 5:06:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
shawn.loseke@gmail.com writes:

There  could be wear in the pedal box or in the clevis pin, A little
wear there  can cause those same symptoms.

Shawn

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at  3:33 PM,  <Vsnively@aol.com> wrote:
> Dick,
>
>  I've got under 20K on a new clutch. I was having difficulty getting  into
> reverse, and it was scratching in the lower gears. I moved the  pushrod to
the
>  upper hole on the actuation arm, problem  solved, so my self-adjuster
> obviously  isn't working, despite the  fact it's new. The spring in the 
old
one
> and the new  one seem  very weak.
>
> Thanks,
> Vic
>
>
> In a  message dated 9/30/2010 4:15:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>  tr6taylor@webtv.net writes:
>
> Vic---I  don't know what the  SC differences are between the four and the
> six, but the  Triumph  factory must have felt the self adjusting later
design
> was   better.  The later SC, with its internal spring, keeps all of the  
play
> out of the linkage between the SC pushrod up to the clutch  fingers.
> Apparantly  the TR4 needed to have this rod adjusted  when play developed 
in
the
> clutch  mechanism. No such  adjustment is needed with the six.  However, 
if
there
>  is  play in the linkage down in the pedal box, it must be corrected to 
get
>  the  full stroke of the clutch pedal. (The adjustable pushrod will not  
get
> back  this lost motion).
>
> The question might  be: Would the later SC be a  better choice for the
> TR3/4? (I  don't know the bore size, bolt flange  dimension, etc.)
>
>  Dick
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