[Mgs] Clutch problems.

[Barney Gaylord]

If the friction disc is installed backward, the center hub with 
springs will foul on the flywheel bolts, and the clurch will not release.

If a new spigot bearing was installed, and the ID is a smidge too 
small, it will bind on the gearbox input shaft.  In this case the 
clutch does release, but the input shaft keeps spinning same as if 
the clutch didn't release.

In any case. if the slave cyliner pushrod and release arm moves at 
least 1/2", and it still doesn't release, the engine has to come out 
to fix the clutch.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com


At 10:56 PM 11/18/2013 -0700, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>Have a rubber bumper B with clutch problems.  Hydraulics seem fine, 
>pedal feels okay, not great, the slave moves the lever enough that 
>it should work.  But with the engine running when you push in the 
>clutch pedal there is an odd sort of grumbling noise from the 
>clutch, and it is obviously not working.
>
>One possibilty I thought of after I left my friend's shop was 
>involves the throwout bearing.  I didn't install this clutch, so I 
>don't know if the retaining clips that hold the bearing to the fork 
>were new, used or properly installed.  Have any of you had one of 
>these clips fail, allowing the bearing to fall out of the yoke?  I'm 
>wondering if that is a possibility.
>
>Another possibility is the person who did the job put the disk in 
>backwards.  But whatever the problem, the gearbox has to be 
>pulled.  I might get a bit dirty down at Bailey's tomorrow.
>....