Eddie -
Check for wear in the clevis pins and the eyes in the pedal arm. The
connection between the pedal and the master cylinder pushrod is a hole
in the pedal arm and a clevis pin that fits through that hole. Both the
pin and the hole in the pedal arm tend to wear, and it doesn't take a
lot of wear to make the pedal travel too short to disengage the clutch.
Fix for pin wear: Replace it
Fix for pedal arm wear: Weld up the hole and redrill it.
Chris K.
Eddie Sheffield wrote:
>
> I've just about finished with the Midget - at least phase 1 which is
> "getting it one the road and drivable." Finished putting in new A-arms,
> kingpins, wheel bearings, left front shock, front brake hoses, water pump,
> steering rack mount packing, points, condensor, dist cap, plugs, Magnecor
> wires, and valve adjustment. Whew! But took it for a test run and was much
> pleased (other than the clutch problem mentioned below). Filled up the tank
> and got a bit too much - filled up to the cap - and there seems to be a leak
> where the hose connects to the tank - think I just need to tighten the clamp
> a bit.
>
> But on to the problem...
>
> I'm having a little trouble with the clutch. I replaced the MC a month or so
> ago - I have no idea what kind of MC was on it, but it sure wasn't from any
> Midget, but it worked. After I put the correct one on, the clutch doesn't
> quite release all the way - when I shift into first (or any gear for that
> matter) from a stop I get a little "grunch" noise - the input is still
> moving. Not enough friction to noticably drag the motor though. I have bled
> the system quite a bit, though I won't swear I don't still have some air in
> the line since I thought I had it bled before and the problem was much worse
> then. But what I'm sort of confused about is that the pedal is bottoming
> out on the floor which doesn't seem right to me. I would have expected the
> piston in the MC to bottom out first or the slave to reach it's limit. So
> I'm thinking I don't have enough pedal travel. The pedal is bent a bit
> sideways. I think whoever put on the odd MC may have bent the pedal trying
> to make it line up. It was sticking WAY up and was hard to reach. So it may
> be bent down as well. But with the correct MC it is about even with the
> brake pedal. I have another clutch pedal I'm going to install, but what
> should I expect as far as correct pedal height and amount of travel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eddie
> 1971 Midget
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