[TR] clutch MC will not come apart

[John Young]

When I did thiss on a TR3A, I used a grease gun to
build pressure in the cylinder instead of air. It
leaves a mess to clean up, but the piston cannot
become a dangerous missile and the whole thing needs
to be cleaned up, anyway.

John Young


> ---- FRED E THOMAS <frede.thomas2 at verizon.net>
> wrote: 
> > Using a ==bath towel== turn the air pressure up
> and blow it out into the 
> > towel, I try to never use any tools as the bore
> can be scratched and leave 
> > the M/C uselesss 
> 
> But the part of the bore that is preventing the
> piston from coming out isn't the part that is a
> sealing surface...I'd get some fine emery cloth and
> knock the rust/corrosion down a bit, then pop it out
> with air or inertia.  Should help to keep the piston
> unscathed.
> 
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Spitfires and a 6
> Athens, Ga.