[6pack] FW: cluster master cylinder question - should be CLUTCH master cylinder..

[George Loriot]

I apologize for the word "cluster" - it should be 'clutch' master
cylinder.Weak excuse: I'm working on a computer cluster.  Not much of an
excuse....

> From: george_loriot at hotmail.com
> To: 6pack at autox.team.net
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 07:59:18 -0400
> Subject: [6pack] cluster master cylinder question
>
> Hi Listers,I have a more or less stock 76 TR6 daily driver and there's an
odd
> thing with the clutch master cylinder - it doesn't release all the way.
The
> pushrod has about 3/8" slack before it hits the piston.  There's a tiny bit
of
> play at the point where the pushrod connects to the pedal, but the slack is
> really due to the cylinder piston not returning to fully released.  The
result
> is that the clutch point is  only about 1" from the floor and it makes
> shifting stiff.  The slave pushrod has almost to play, and is in the center
> hole of the release lever thingy.
> For the first few years I owned the car, the clutch point was high and the
> shifts were easy, with no drag at all.  This 'low clutch point' has been
going
> on for awhile, but other TR6 issues have kept me busy.  Now I want to fix
this
> and am asking the wisdom of the list if they've seen this before.  Is this
> something that requires bleeding?  I haven't touched t he clutch of linkage
in
> the 10 years/50K miles I've had the car.  Except I recently replaced the
slave
> pushrod with an adjustable one to see if that would help.  It didn't.Am I
> crazy or can the master piston get stuck in it's bore partway toward
release?
> I've had no fluid leaks in the clutch hydraulics.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> George Loriot1976 TR6
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