[Spridgets] Slave Cyl Question - I Need Advice

Kirk Hargreaves khargreaves2 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 21:48:05 MDT 2012


Bob,


Thanks for the information . .. very helpful and appreciated.  I will be
checking for the quarter inch of play.

Thanks again,

Kirk

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Bob Walker <spriteracer98 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The throw out bearing should rest lightly on the preassure plate forks.
> Proper adjustment is automatic by design. Self adjusting. For you to know
> that all is correct, is for you to check play at the clutch pedal. You
> should have about one quarter inch of play. If their is no play, the throw
> out bearing will not survive very long and your clutch will slip. Too much
> play kind of points to well worn pivot holes in any or all of the parts
> that make up the clutch disengagement works...........from the pedal to the
> rod at the slave cylinder. All three of them!
> Bob Walker
>
>
> --- On Sat, 4/14/12, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Spridgets] Slave Cyl Question - I Need Advice
> > To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> > Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 1:12 PM
> > Dear List,
> >
> >
> > For the last several years I have run my slave cyl with a
> > spring to keep
> > the throwout bearing off the clutch splines when not in
> > use.   This last
> > time around . . when I had to pull the lump to see why I
> > lost my clutch
> > there was no wear noted on the throwout bearing.
> >
> > However . . this time I would like to skip the spring.
> > I have been told
> > many times that the use of a spring is not necessary.
> >
> > Here is my question.  When I look through the
> > inspection hole on the top of
> > the bell housing I note that the throwout bearing seems to
> > naturally rest
> > very lightly against the clutch splines.
> >
> > I have the rod coming out of the slave cyl at the correct
> > length.  Should I
> > assemble it all back together with the throwout bearing
> > slightly touching
> > the clutch splines like it is?  Will this cause
> > pre-mature wear if I leave
> > it this way?  Or should the throwout bearing be backed
> > off the clutch
> > splines just by a very small amount so that they do not
> > touch at all when
> > not in use?
> >
> > Thanks so much for all of the help through the years!
> >
> > Kirk
> > 59 1275
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