Kirk,
When my clutch went several years ago I tried something similar to what you
are suggesting when I reassembled. Just for the Halibut. What I discovered
was that it takes way more force than you can muster to actuate the clutch
by pushing on the fork!! At least that sure was the case for me. I don't
know how much hydraulic pressure the slave generates when the system is
assembled, but it is sure way more than you can do by hand!
Cheers!!
Jim
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Kirk Hargreaves
<khargreaves2@gmail.com>wrote:
> I just (for the second time) due to having too long of a rod on my slave
> cyl
> had to pull the engine and gear box. It is up and running again and
> working
> great.
>
> Anyhow. I noticed that as the Rib Case gear box (and no doubt the Smooth
> Case as well) is set up for right or left hand drive . . there is a rubber
> type cover over the other side of the bell housing. This would be employed
> for the clutch fork if the car was a right hand drive.
>
> It looks to me that I should be able to pull the rubber cover off and get a
> look at how the throw out bearing is interacting with the clutch springs.
> .
> if I wanted to double check the play on the clutch?
>
> When I had the engine and gear box out, I was able to look in through the
> top inspection hole (oval shaped) and push the fork towards the clutch
> springs to make sure that I had enough play in there. . ie. that the throw
> out bearing is not riding on the clutch springs as it was before, when not
> in use.
>
> Anyhow. . I wonder if you might be able to shine a flash light through the
> other opening, ie. the one mentioned that is covered if the car were to be
> set up for right hand drive and see what is going on? And then push the
> fork into the clutch springs too see what is happening (before having to
> pull the lump).
>
> I am not sure that this is a working method as I have not tried it yet. .
> So I am submitting this to the list for others to input and correct me if I
> am wrong.
>
> Kirk
> 59 1275
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Cheers!!
Jim
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