[TR] TR3 clutch return spring question

Randall TR3driver at ca.rr.com
Fri Jun 3 18:58:04 MDT 2011


It's supposed to be real tight; but you should be using the Girling spring
unless you somehow wound up with the clutch slave from an early car with
front drum brakes.

That's interesting about the Lockheed spring being shorter, though.  My late
TR6 gearbox housing moves the bracket back closer to the clevis, so the
stock spring is just a little too long (causing the clutch pedal engagement
point to be higher some times and lower other times).  I made a little
sub-bracket to compensate, but the Lockheed spring might work better.

If you aren't strong enough to stretch the spring in to place, one trick is
to back off the pushrod adjustment all the way, install the spring, and then
readjust the pushrod.

-- Randall  



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