[Tigers] Clutch Master cylinder

[Will Seay]

B382001570 came with a spring

Will - 382001570
Tigers at embarqmail.com


On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:52 PM GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I have it on good authority(Paul Reisentz) that Tigers never came with the
> return spring.
>
> When I bought B94790622 in 1971 it already had one.
>
> If you don't have a return spring, you have a self-adjusting clutch which
> IIRC the shop manual says
> it is..?
> Mine has a hole punched in the frame rail for the spring, no tab, rivets
> or anything.  My spring is
> much lighter than the ones Paul used to install but has always worked fine
> for me.
> Gary
>
>
>
> > On 10/21/2023 12:16 PM PDT H B Elam via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On both B382002021 & B382000471 there was 1) a hole on the clutch
> actuating arm and 2) a tab pop riveted to the driver side frame rail with a
> suitable sized hole. The two allowed an external spring to be connected
> between them to assist in fully returning the piston to the fully returned
> position against the piston dome.
> > B382002027 came with the spring and was never any problem.
> >
> > B382000471 did not have the spring and had a screaming throw out bearing
> when the clutch was engaged on the entire trip in 1983 from Arizona to
> Virginia. Without determining the cause, I replaced the throw out bearing
> while doing other engine work. Years later in 1991 on a vacation trip the
> bearing began screaming again. This time I remembered the spring and found
> a suitable replacement. To date there has never been another problem in
> another 20K miles driving.
> >
> > I have official parts listing books for all Tigers. I am also TAC
> inspector #37. Never have I found a part list that included the spring and
> only rarely have I found a spring or pop riveted tab installed during a TAC.
> >
> > Harry Elam
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