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Read a post by a guy on MGE who had a badly elongated pivot hole in the
throwout arm, causing erratic clutch operation. Claimed he welded up
and redrilled the hole. In any event I reckon the engine would still
have to come out.
CR
On 5/28/2019 2:43 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
> 
> Unlike physical wear at the pedal linkage, similar wear at the
> slave end has no effect on clutch operation, the hydraulic system is
> designed to take account of all wear at the clutch end. Remember the
> graphite release bearing is going to wear down by a 1/4" or so over
> the life of the clutch, and given the unequal lengths of the release
> arm that is going to be getting on for an inch at the slave cylinder.Â
> The piston simply moves out to take it up, and more fluid back-fills
> from the reservoir.
> If it's dragging exactly the same as before, and you have about 1/2"
> of travel of the slave push-rod, then something is binding at the
> clutch. Either the friction plate is very stiff on its splines, or
> the end of the first-motion shaft is dragging badly in the pilot
> bearing. Could also be the release bearing breaking up and not
> pushing evenly on the cover plate.  Time to pull the engine - much
> easier than pulling both - on an MGB at least.
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> Replaced the clutch hose and the slave. Still not shifting.
>>
>> When you push in the clutch, the lever arm on the trans moves a
>> decent amount. I didnâ??t measure it, but its probably ½â?? to ¾â??,
>> something like that.
>>
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Read a post by a guy on MGE who had a badly elongated pivot hole in
the throwout arm, causing erratic clutch operation. Claimed he
welded up and redrilled the hole. In any event I reckon the engine
would still have to come out. <br>
<br>
CR<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/28/2019 2:43 AM, PaulHunt73 via
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<div><font size="2">Unlike physical wear at the pedal linkage,
similar wear at the slave end has no effect on clutch
operation, the hydraulic system is designed to take account of
all wear at the clutch end. Remember the graphite release
bearing is going to wear down by a 1/4" or so over the life of
the clutch, and given the unequal lengths of the release arm
that is going to be getting on for an inch at the slave
cylinder. The piston simply moves out to take it up, and more
fluid back-fills from the reservoir.</font></div>
<div>Â </div>
<div><font size="2">If it's dragging exactly the same as before,
and you have about 1/2" of travel of the slave push-rod, then
something is binding at the clutch. Either the friction plate
is very stiff on its splines, or the end of the first-motion
shaft is dragging badly in the pilot bearing. Could also be
the release bearing breaking up and not pushing evenly on the
cover plate.  Time to pull the engine - much easier than
pulling both - on an MGB at least.</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you push in the clutch, the
lever arm on the trans moves a decent amount. I
didnâ??t measure it, but its probably ½â?? to ¾â??,
something like that. <o:p></o:p></p>
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