Erich,
I've seen this happen on a couple of Tigers over the years, and on my own
car I also had a problem with short life ot the throw out bearing & pressure
plate fingers from constant contact with the self adjusting clutch. I
resolved both problems by fabricating (sounds so much better that "cobbled
up" dosen't it?) an adjustable slave cylinder pushrod & added a return
spring at the clutch arm at the bell housing. Now my slave cylinder piston
stays in the bottom of the bore when the clutch is released & the throw out
bearing is pulled slightly away from the pressure plate. I have not had to
replace any clutch parts since I made this modification .
Doug Leithauser
Tonight I put it up on jackstands and discovered that the slave cylinder was
>hyper extended and jammed. This was keeping the clutch disengaged.
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