Look thru one of the access holes and see if one of the take-up tab springs at
the top of the pressure plate has cracked/pulled off its rivets, etc. This is
often aggravated by changing the slave rod and overthrowing the clutch. Once
engaged by the TO bearing, the pressure plate only needs to move .171 inches.
Ron
--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Deikis, John G <John.Deikis@va.gov> wrote:
> From:
Deikis, John G <John.Deikis@va.gov>
> Subject: [Spridgets] Clutch won't
disengage completely
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Date: Monday, November
9, 2009, 3:51 PM
> I sold my yellow Frankensprite to my
> brother-in-law. The
clutch has now
> started to drag. Says he has a hard time getting it
> into
gear and the
> gears grind. He has bled the hydraulics thoroughly and
> swears
there are
> NO bubbles coming out of the bleeder-just clean fluid. He
> has
replaced
> the master and slave cylinders. He's about ready to pull
> the
motor and
> eyeball the clutch thinking maybe it could be the throw-out
>
bearing. Any
> ideas?
>
> JohnD
>
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