Thanks Joe. I think that's it. As noted in my response to Skip, the fork does seem a wee bit sloppy. Ill have a look in the next few days and let you know. Thanks Carm Gicante
--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Joe Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Joe Elliott <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Milano Clutch MC Replacement > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Received: Monday, September 21, 2009, 4:59 PM > I'm always surprised how much the > clutch effort on these cars is > reduced by greasing the notorious clutch fork pivot, so I > can imagine > that a rusty/galled one *might* create these symptoms. > > The arm sticking out of the transaxle that the clutch slave > > cylinder's pushrod pushes against--it pivots on a ball stud > that's > been known to break. I'd check to see if it's binding > there. > > -Joe > > > At 8:00 PM +0000 9/21/09, alfa-digest wrote: > >Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:03:35 -0700 (PDT) > >From: Carmen Gicante <[email protected]> > >Subject: [alfa] Milano Clutch MC Replacement > > > >My thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and > encouragement when I > >attempted to replace the Clutch Master Cylinder. I > could not have done it > >alone. FYI, I also replaced the slave at the same > time. It was a unique > >experience , including bleeding. > > > >Now my new problem b the clutch pedal is very, very > firm. I suspect a > >problem with the clutch itself. Ibm concerned that if I > drive the Milano in > >this condition, Ibll eventually blow the Seals in MC > due to high pressure in > >the hydraulic circuit. I suspect that this caused the > initial MC failure. > > > >Has anyone else experienced a ultra firm pedal and what > was the fix. Much > >Thanks > > > >Carm Gicante > > > >89 Milano Verde > >88 Spider Quad > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
