Hi Mike
I went to Birmingham UK at the weekend and had the same thing at a busy
junction, took a swing at the stick from over the handbrake lever and busted
the stick at the hole where the O/D wire comes out, try shifting with a
three inch long stick, especially when first is a pig. I am fairly sure my
problem is the synchro ring is ineffective or stuck, as the clutch
disengages the drive, a travel of about half way has the clutch slipping and
it bites nicely on the way back up. Also with the car on a slight down hill
gradient in first gear with the clutch depressed it does not start to roll
forwards.
I would be interested to hear what people have to say about this, my knee
jerk reaction was the taper pin (I have one I took out of a Dolomite Sprint
Box which looks like a dog clutch, didn't even realise it was broke 'till I
dropped it and it fell in two bits!) but I think the above tests eliminate
that.
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Barron" <jmikebarron@hotmail.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 9:56 PM
Subject: tr6 Clutch question
>
> Out for a drive in the 73 yesterday and between stoplights the tranny
> suddenly would not go into gears easily, and ended up going all the way
home
> in second. Tranny shifts smoothly with engine off. Suspect either
> hydraulics or infamous tapir pin in the bellhousing. One note: the clutch
> now has about two inches of seeming freeplay at the pedal before it finds
> any resistance. Any comment? I went through the archives and got a lot
> of good infor, but could not find this exact symptom. In advance your
> thoughts in this are greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike Barron
> 73 TR6
> 60 TR3
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