Randall wrote:
>On a TR3A, the return spring should always bottom the slave piston in it's
>bore.
>Bleeding should have no effect on this.
>
True, but... my 59 TR3A lacked a return spring for 20 years and operated
w/o a problem. One day I realized it was gone (presumably missing from
a time before I got the car) and I added one. The arm pulled way back.
I got the usual 5/8" (or so) slave piston movement but could not
disengage the clutch. Removing the spring returned things to normal.
I suspect I have broken clutch fork pin that is severed in such a
fashion that it continues to engage and move the fork, but if I put the
spring on the slave the arm is drawn back so far that the movement of
the arm is insufficient to reach the point where the 2 portions of the
pin engage.
I mention this in case you added a missing spring during the rehab --
since it sounds like this problem has only occured since the rebuild.
Geo Hahn
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