Years ago the spring in my clutch MC broke. Only the last couple of turns broke off, so I stretched out the rest a bit and put it back in. So far, it's hanging in there. I have never seen a source for this part, and naturally I would snap up one or two if they became available.
Possibly some spring from another model cylinder would work, but it would take a lot of persistence or luck to find a suitable one. Possibly somebody in the spring industry could help... Doug Braun '72 Spit At 07:55 AM 10/10/02 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings all, > > After a GREAT summer as my daily driver (With a total of just 5 or 6 days >with the top up), old Fireball has finally let me down. The spring inside the >clutch master cylinder grenaded on me this past week, leaving the clutch >ALMOST completely inoperative. > The symptoms and evidence led me to believe that maybe a contaminant had >managed to get into the clutch hydraulics (The fluif was dark and had an odd >grit in it, plus the top seal has shrunk and warped a bit) and made the main >seal swell and jam up in the bore (The piston wasn't coming all the way out, >leaving about 1/2" of actual clutch action waaaay down at the end of the >travel) but when I took 'er apart I found four pieces of spring in there, >where there used to be one nice springy spring. > >So, does anyone know of a source for this oddball piece? I would really >rather avoid getting a whole new master cylinder (Or taking the one off the >other car) for want of one little spring! > >Luke /// [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.
