When it was extended and the pedal was hard the other day, I tried to
manually push the SS piston back in, and it wouldn't move at all.
Paul Hunt wrote:
>I'm not surprised with 1" of play in the arm with the slave removed, nor
>with being able to push the piston right back into the cylinder and so get
>1/4" or more of play. The important thing is what happens with it all
>connected up and you have pushed the pedal 2 or 3 times or whatever until it
>gets really hard. If at that point the slave piston and push-rod is
>extended, but you can manually push it back into the cylinder with the pedal
>released, then the problem is with the clutch. If not then the problem is
>almost certainly hydraulic, or possibly mechanical at the pedal end.
>Slackening the hydraulic connections along the line will tell you where the
>blockage is, and if you still get fluid leaking under pressure at the master
>end then the problem is in the master itself or the connection to the pedal.
>
>PaulH.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tim Holt" <holtt@nacse.org>
>To: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
>Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:08 PM
>Subject: Re: clutch bleed wierdness
>
>
>
>
>>So last night I climbed back under and manually moved the clutch arm
>>(with slave removed). It moves about 1" towards the front (towards the
>>SS). If I push it back (like where the SS would push it), it also moves
>>about an inch.
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