Maybe the slave is mounted on the wrong side of the bell-housing.
On Jul 30, 2010, at 10:21 AM, Smit, Theo wrote:
> If you had 3/4 inch of play between the pushrod end and the release lever
when
> the slave cylinder's piston is pushed all the way into its bore, then you
> should get a longer pushrod. For the purpose of testing, you can easily
make
> one from a 3/8" or larger diameter bolt - just cut it to length and grind
the
> ends roughly spherical. The hydraulic setup will self-adjust within a
> reasonably large limit so you don't need to have the length of the rod
exactly
> right, but if the rod is way too short then you run the risk of popping the
> piston out of the slave cylinder bore when you press the pedal to the
floor.
> You have bled the master cylinder at the pipe connection, right?
>
> If the clutch release lever is getting full travel and the transmission
still
> doesn't shift properly, then there is something wrong with the way that the
> clutch assembly is put together. The clutch disc could be bent, the disc
might
> be incompatible with the diaphragm clutch (too thick or too much marcel
> squish) or something strange with the release bearing.
>
> Engine removal and replacement goes much faster the second time. ;)
>
> Good luck,
> Theo
>
>> HOWEVER, The gears will not go in with the engine running. I can only
>> get
>> it into gear with the engine off. With the engine running, the gears
>> clash.
>> This, to me, indicates that the clutch is not releasing completely.
>> Considering it's a brand new clutch and the pedal feels good, I think
>> the
>> issue is that the slave cylinder pushrod is not actuating the clutch
>> fork
>> far enough to disengage. Keep in mind that the slave is the same one
>> used
>> on the 260 on a new bracket, and the bell housing and clutch fork
>> (lever)
>> are the correct ones from the Mk2 Tiger -- but they have not been
>> adjusted
>> in any way. I have not had time to get under the car again to check
>> now,
>> but I initially noticed about 3/4 inches of play between the large end
>> of
>> the pushrod and the lever itself, which seemed to be excessive to me.
>> So
>> the question I have (finally!) is, are there any adjustments that I can
>> or
>> should make? If the 260 pushrod should be too short, is there another
>> pushrod that would work (and where would I buy that?)?
>>
>
>
>
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