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RE: new clutch - assembly questions

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Subject: RE: new clutch - assembly questions
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 17:08:55 -0700
> From: Paige, Dean [mailto:DPaige@ci.santa-rosa.ca.us]
>
> Without any doubt, yes the Hydraulic system does give that much mech
> advantage. Imagine trying to activate your disk brakes effectively w/o the
> advantage of hydraulics.

Not the same situation at all.  For the hydraulic system to provide a
mechanical advantage, the master piston must be smaller than the slave
piston.  True for disc brakes, but not for the clutch on a TR3.  There may
be some mechanical advantage on a TR2 (which ISTR has a larger bore slave
than a TR3), but it's nothing compared to the roughly 10:1 advantage given
by the lever arms in the clutch pedal.

Randall

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