On my MK IV at least, the slave cylinder spring is actually a "push-on" spring. It appears that the throw-out bearing is always lightly touching the finger springs of the pressure plate. This allows the clutch to be self-adjusting. The downside is that the finger springs tend to get grooves worn in them from the constant friction.
Doug Braun '72 Spit At 07:41 AM 4/5/02 , Piter BsnaNuYQ== wrote: >ok, thanks Doug. So apparently the spring in the slave cylinder is >strong enough to pull off the fork. > >peter > >-----Original Message----- >From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 2:38 PM >To: Piter Bsna >Subject: Re: pull-off spring > > >I have never heard of any spit having such a spring. >It does not appear in my MK IV factory parts book. >I suspect the clutch fork was also used in other cars with >different clutch systems. > >I have seen several Spitfire parts that have extra holes., etc. >that have no apparent use. They were probably meant to be used in other >applications. > >Doug Braun >'72 Spit > >At 04:45 AM 4/5/02 , you wrote: > >it is still the clutch. should I have an external pull-off spring at >the > >clutch slave cylinder? At the end of the clutch fork next to the push > >rod, which is connected to the slave cylinder, there is a last hole. >Now > >I have nothing there. I suspect that this is for a pull-off spring >which > >should run trough the hole on the clutch bellhousing and should be >fixed > >somehow on the outside of the gear box. Some catalogues have this >spring > >others do not. this may be an other good reason to remove the gearbox? /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
