[6pack] Clutch slave pushrod

[shawn loseke]

There could be wear in the pedal box or in the clevis pin, A little
wear there can cause those same symptoms.

Shawn

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM,  <Vsnively at aol.com> wrote:
> Dick,
>
> I've got under 20K on a new clutch. I was having difficulty getting into
> reverse, and it was scratching in the lower gears. I moved the pushrod to
the
>  upper hole on the actuation arm, problem solved, so my self-adjuster
> obviously  isn't working, despite the fact it's new. The spring in the old
one
> and the new  one seem very weak.
>
> Thanks,
> Vic
>
>
> In a message dated 9/30/2010 4:15:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tr6taylor at webtv.net writes:
>
> Vic---I  don't know what the SC differences are between the four and the
> six, but the  Triumph factory must have felt the self adjusting later
design
> was  better.  The later SC, with its internal spring, keeps all of the play
> out of the linkage between the SC pushrod up to the clutch fingers.
> Apparantly  the TR4 needed to have this rod adjusted when play developed in
the
> clutch  mechanism. No such adjustment is needed with the six.  However, if
there
>  is play in the linkage down in the pedal box, it must be corrected to get
> the  full stroke of the clutch pedal. (The adjustable pushrod will not get
> back  this lost motion).
>
> The question might be: Would the later SC be a  better choice for the
> TR3/4? (I don't know the bore size, bolt flange  dimension, etc.)
>
> Dick
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