Martin,
At 08:49 12/08/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Interestingly, the Clymer books even show a photo of the slave with such a
>spring
>in place. Whether original or not, many have done this to keep the release
>bearing fork "withdrawn" enough to be sure the release bearing isn't constantly
>riding on the clutch cover plate, thereby causing unecessary wear to the
>bearing.
My TR7 has this spring, as well. (Maybe it's the same slave cylinder?)
The last time I rebuilt the clutch hydraulics, I found this spring was
broken, and had to get a replacement from a clutch & brake shop (no part no.
in Triumph books).
Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
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