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Re: four thrust washers

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: four thrust washers
From: Cwn74@aol.com
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:57:30 EDT
In a message dated 6/17/2001 9:29:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
growe58@hotmail.com writes:


> It seems it would be
> easier to invest ten dollars and four hours every 50,000 miles and
> just replace them.
> 


I agree...

Also try to remember just when the thrust washers are working the hardest.  
It is when you the driver have the clutch pedal depressed.  Try to adjust 
your driving so that when the car is at rest, the transmission is in neutral 
and your foot is off the clutch pedal.  It was explained to me by technical 
people at British Leyland that the the thrust washers were an issue in the US 
due to the drivers holding the clutch pedal down while the Europeans 
apparently did not.

It's worked for me, anyway...

Clark
"If it's not fun why do it?" Jerry Greenfield
Clark W. Nicholls
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