[Spridgets] HELP Diagnosing a Clutch Problem

[Jim Johnson]

Thrust washer/bearing problems??  That's the only thing I can think of that
changes in the clutch between running and non-running.

Cheers!!
Jim

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Kevin Valentine <kevinv1275 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> The clutch is in a 1500 Midget.  We recently swapped engines.  All
> was fine immediately after the swap but the following symptoms have
> begun to surface;
>
> When the engine is off and the clutch is depressed, it feels like a
> normal clutch.  (Easy to push in and release).
>
> When the engine is running the clutch is much more difficult to
> depress and the pressure pushing back on the pedal (pedal resistance)
> is more than when the engine is not running.
>
> There is no noise or vibration associated with this problem.  It's
> just much harder to push in the clutch pedal with the engine running
> than it is with the engine not running.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> Kevin V.