I will have a look later, but I recall there was a fair ammount of movement, and I can feel it in the clutch pedal as a bit of a dead sopt for the first inch or inch and a half. I didnt have a return spring on the clutch fork though? In what way is the push rod adjustable - if it is adjustable then I will have a look at that.
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Kristian Walsham wrote: > Hi Bob, > Not greasing the tip of the shaft could contribute to this but i`m > thinking maybe the clutch isn`t disengaging properly. How much play does the > clutch fork have at the slave cylinder end? I tend to adjust mine so the > fork can move back and forth just a little off the pushrod(out of slave > cylinder). > > To do this, remove the return spring that hooks onto the clutch fork and the > slave cylinder, then hold the fork and move it back and forth (you will feel > it stop as it touches the fingers of the pressure plate). > > If you have and adjustable push rod, adjust it to suit, if not there`s not > much you can do. sorry. > > If you want and adjustable one i can probably get you one and mail it to you > if you like or have a look on some 1600`s. > > Kris. > > ps: sorry for the late reply. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Charles Scealy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: Clutch > > > > Thanks Kris. I put it together the other day without doing any greasing. > > Now sometimes when I have my foot on the clutch and move into first the > > box will go crazy, like there is still drive going to it. Do you think > > not greasing things could be contributing to this crazy behaviour? > > > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Kristian Walsham wrote: > > > > > Yes you can. Just a smear will do so it doesn`t fling off. Also don`t > forget > > > to grease the tip of the shaft that goes into the spigot bearing in the > > > centre of the crank. > > > > > > Kris. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Robert Charles Scealy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 2:10 PM > > > Subject: Clutch > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > Are you supposed to grease the input shaft from the gearbox before you > > > > slide the clutch on? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
