Bill,
Several years ago a friend with a TR6 replaced his clutch assembly and then
experienced a squeeling sound also. We pulled the tranny and found that a
roll pin was missing from the throw-out bearing groove that the release fork
ends sit in. This pin keeps the throw out bearing from spinning (the bearing
spinning on the shaft causes a squeeling noise), and apparently was not
provided with the new bearing. We took the pin from the old bearing,
installed it in the new bearing, reassembled everything, and the squeeling
stopped.
Not sure if this is your problem, but it might be worth taking a look to see
if that roll pin is in place.
Bill Smith
72 TR6
80 TR7
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:36:35 -0400
From: "Steinman, Bill" <wsteinman@pogolaw.com>
Subject: [TR] Clutch advice
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Howdy all:
I've got an issue with the clutch on my TR250, and would love advice from
the collective. I've got a relatively new clutch in the car (about 1000
miles).
Installation of the clutch was the last piece of work I paid others to do,
now that my garage is built and ready to handle any type of work.
In any event, about 100 miles or so ago, I started getting the dreaded sound
of squeeling on my pressure plate, which would go away so long as I kept a
slight bit of pressure on the clutch. I tried the easiest solution first --
I replaced the slave cylinder, just in case the spring was worn out. That
seems to have helped somewhat, but it has not solved the problem.
I would appreciate suggestions -- short of pulling the tranny and putting in
a TRF magic clutch set-up. I've seen suggestions for an extra spring along
side the slave cylinder. I'd love to know whether this really helps. Also,
any other words of wisdom would be most welcome.
Thanks!
B.
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