[Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 9, Issue 171

[Tom Witt]

The elevated bolt hole bosses point towards the rear of the car. So the image that shows the slave cylinder on the bracket is correct. If they have it reversed it is hard to tell if the slight angling would compensate for the raised bosses moving the cylinder further away. If not the piston could be coming out of the housing and leaking because with the reversed bracket the rod potentially is too short.

There are only a few places that can leak. The seal on the slave piston, the connection tube/fitting that supplies the fluid or the bleeder fitting.  My car shows a brass fitting about 3” up the supply tube. I’m not sure if that is factory, or a repair.  It could be a leak on the master and it is dripping down to the slave giving the appearance that it is leaking.  Lastly if the adjustment rod is too short (often done for removal on a clutch job) you could be pushing the piston/seal out of the housing causing the leak because it is too short.  The question is, was it a problem before?  If not it likely is something they have done, or the components used.  My guess is a seal leak associated with a reversed bracket or a too short adjusted rod.


From: Bill Lawrence via Tigers 
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 11:09 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 9, Issue 171

Hello Everyone



I am looking for a little info on mounting the clutch 'slave' bracket cylinder combo on a stockish 1965 Sunbeam Tiger, with what I believe is the OEM configuration.  



I am having the clutch replaced by a fairly reliable shop but the job has been spread out over several weeks.  The end is near, with refit of the clutch slave it was determined to be leaking, a new slave cyl was delivered from SS and it is also leaking, leading me to believe there may be a configuration issue.



I would like to provide the shop with some drawings/photos of a stock set up. I've attached some jpg of what I have so far, and would appreciate any feedback on which direction the 'slave mounting bracket' should be facing.  Which would hopefully reduce any extra con$sternation on the part of the mechanic.



Bill Lawrence

Fort Lauderdale FLA









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