[Fot] clutch question

[Bill Tobin]

Could it be that the slave is mounted on the wrong side of the bracket, 
or the bracket on the wrong side of the bellhousing? I think one of 
Kas's books addresses that situation. I know I read it somewhere.

Cheers, Bill

On 6/1/2019 8:51 PM, Brian Schirano via Fot wrote:
> Hi
>
> We had this problem when we R & R'd a TR6 trans a couple years ago 
> coinciding with swapping hydraulics while sorting the problem. Turns 
> out the clutch was being over thrown, must of gotten a long throw 
> master or something. discovered this by accident.
>
>   * ????????Dump the clutch to the floor, could not shift
>   * ?? ?? Put the clutch pedal halfway down gave me proper disengagement
>     etc, and releasing the clutch, no slippage.
>   * ?? ?? short term fix now in place three years, welded an adjustable
>     stop to the clutch pedal limiting the throw so as to not overthrow
>     the PP
>
>
> Try that
> Good luck
> Brian
>
> 26A GT6+, 28 TR6
> Brian Schirano
> 585-305-0349 Cell
> BSchirano at yahoo.com
>
>
> On Saturday, June 1, 2019, 6:52:50 PM EDT, Robert Lang via Fot 
> <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> This is a TR6. The hydraulics have been bled 4 times, flushed AND the 
> slave replaced, no difference in the behavior. I get 1/2 inch of 
> travel at the slave to the cross-fork arm.
>
> I even tried using the upper hole in the clutch arm in case I was 
> "just a skosh" short of enough motion. No difference.
>
> Seriously, I am puzzled by this.
>
> Oh, and I did try an adjustable push rod.
>
> I need to order a rebuild kit for the clutch MC. With all the spares I 
> seem to have, I don't have any Tilton rebuild kits. SHOCKING!
>
> I'm now going through the tranny to see if I can make it functional 
> and just put that back in. Yikes.
>
> Between THU and FRI this week, I did EIGHT tranny and clutch swaps. 
> That's some physical workout.
>
> Zzzzzzzz
>
> rml
>
> On Saturday, June 1, 2019, 6:00:31 PM EDT, Fred and Mary Hodgson 
> <stlnyc at msn.com> wrote:
>
>
> Bob-
> From what you describe, it sounds like a hydraulic malady.?? Adjustable 
> pushrod on the slave??? Air in the system??? I'm assuming this is big 
> TR, not Spit.
> Fred Hodgson
>
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