[6pack] weird clutch

[Andrew Packard]

Nice work.  Fresh rubber and take out the slop in the numerous  
linkages.  Good guidelines to follow when solving this problem.
Andy


On Feb 7, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Colin Thom wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
>
>
> Quite a while ago I threw up a posting about my clutch acting up  
> when it got
> warmed up. It was hard to get the car into gear and shifting was  
> rough. I
> tried moving the slave cylinder push rod up 1 hole on the release  
> lever and
> that had improved things marginally, for a little while. I finally got
> around to dealing with it and thought I'd report. The holes in the  
> master
> cylinder push rod were very elongated and the seals in both  
> cylinders (DOT
> 5) were pretty soft. So.diagnosis: elongated holes in the pushrod were
> shortening the throw of the release lever. All worked well until the
> cylinders got warm and the seals got mushy at which point either or  
> both of
> the master and slave began to bypass. Cure: weld some undersized  
> washers
> onto the pushrod and bore them out to fit a new pin. The hole in the  
> pedal
> was OK. Rebuild both cylinders. Life is good.
>
>
>
> Colin '75
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