Hi John
There may be a clip which will help and there isn't much pressure required
to bleed, you could pump the pedal gently until the piston nears the end
then crack the bleed nipple and push the piston back with your finger or a
screwdriver or similar.
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: <john.j.reed@gm.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Clutch problems
>
>
>
> Thanks for all the tips on my clutch problem. I had to go out of town and
won't
> have a chance to get back to the garage until this evening. I don't think
the
> pin is broken. I changed the gearbox and put in a new cross shaft, fork
and
> pin. The quick engagement problem has not changed from the first time I
pushed
> the pedal. It does seem to get worse when the car sits for a couple hours
and
> pumping the pedal does help. The pin was broke on the one I removed, but
it
> still worked fine - just more trouble than I wanted to deal with to remove
it.
> Before I replaced anything, the only problem I had was a slow engagement
due to
> the bad slave cylinder hose.
>
>
> I plan to try bleeding the master cylinder. If that doesn't work I'll try
some
> of the bleeding techniques with the slave cylinder removed. I have never
tried
> this and I am concerned about blowing the piston out the end of cylinder.
I'll
> post again with an update
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Reed
>
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