Andy wrote:
>Pete,
>You may be correct and I don't have any information to dispute what you
>say, however, even with the pin in there is enough rotational movement to
>wear down
>the pins in the fork. It seems to me, and I've be wrong before, that if
>the sleeve can rotate freely it will wear down the pins faster.
>Andy
Providing that the TO bearing is not seized up, there THEORETICALLY is no
reason for the sleeve to rotate when the clutch is disengaged. Therefore,
there should be very little wear on the pins and groove. I think the wear
we see in the groove and on the pins is more a result of throwout bearings
that go bad or don't work properly than whether or not there is a pin in
the sleeve. Like you, though, I'm only speculating... I have no imperical
evidence myself except to say that my TO bearing WAS seized up, and I
continued to drive it like that, and then finally when I got to change the
clutch and bearing, I found SEVERE wear on the fork pins AND the sleeve.
(Big surprise there! Doctor, doctor... It hurts when I do this!!)
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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