[Spridgets] Need help with my 67 Sprite clutch

[Rick Fisk]

Hi Phil,

Are you sure you replaced the throwout bearing with the correct unit?  There are three different throwout bearings available for the A-series engine.  Photo below from Gerard's Garage website shows the difference.

Rick



> On Jul 5, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Phil Sarikas via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I need the help of this group to get my clutch working as well as can be.  The car is any early 67 sprite with a 1275 and the standard ribcage transmission.  At this point, everything in the hydraulic system has been replaced over the 20 years I have owned the car.  
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> Over the winter/spring, I had the engine out and did some work to reduce the overall oil leaks and did replace the needle bearings in the transmission, and a new throwout bearing but nothing that opened up the clutch hydraulic system.  
> 
> Put it all back together and went for a drive and the clutch was clearly not working correctly, I could get it to shift but it often required me to pump the clutch several times to get it to shift correctly and could only get it into reverse if I went to the path of turning off the motor and restarting it in reverse.  Not a place I can stay.  I bled it as completely as I could with my EZ-Bleed and tried it again.  I wish I could say it was better, but no real change.  
> 
> I have pulled the slave cylinder, no signs of leaks, and no real signs of pitting in the cylinder, and I was going to rebuild it as well as the master but turns that my box of parts has 2 seal kits for the master cylinder, and none for the slave cylinder.  As I wait for the local shop to open on Tuesday, I looked around on this site and others, and it seems that some have successfully applied the smaller cylinder from a 1098 on the 1275, same transmission, bolts up but needs a shorter pin, but how does the hydraulic part work?  There is no equivalent rubber pipe on the earlier cars?  I like the rubber connection so I would need some work of an adapter to cover from what appears to be a 7/16 fine thread (20?) on the pipe (adaptor would need to be female) To a 3/8 fine (24?) On the 1098 slave cylinder (adaptor would need to be male).  Is there such an adapter off the shelf?  
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> Is there a downside to the smaller diameter slave cylinder other than perhaps a bit more force to move the pedal?  I did check with a camera, I am getting movement as soon as the clutch pedal is depressed, just not enough movement to fully disengage the engine from the transmission.  
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> Open to any and all input!
> 
> Thanks, Phil
> 
> Thanks, Phil
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