I just replied to Dave offlist and informed him that lateral movement of the clutch throw out fork pin is not only normal, it is necessary, since it pivots on the fork assembly as its engaged by the clutch slave. The vertical slop shouldn't be of any concern either, unless as you say, the pivot pin on the opposite side of the bell housing which holds the fork in place is missing or broken. Vertical slop shouldn't have any bearing on the fore/aft travel of the pin.
Things could have been worse. Like discovering that you neglected to position the pin through the hole in the bell housing before bolting the housing up to the engine and found out later that the pin was stuck inside! Don't ask me how I know this! Take care, Jeff McNeal (San Diego) '68 Spitfire Mk3 frame off, bare metal project, aka "Mrs. Jones" '70 GT6+ "Accidental", eventual restoration project http://www.TotallyTriumph.net/spitfire/spitfire.shtml Join the TOTALLY TRIUMPH NETWORK! Forums, Photos, How-To's, Classifieds, Links & Triumph Merchandise http://www.TotallyTriumph.net * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Rowe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:40 PM Subject: Re: 80 Spit pushrod question I believe that Dave is talking about the push rod from the throwout bearing housing thingy (see, I'm good with terminology too ;-) ) that inserts into the open end of the clutch slave cylinder. I seem to remember there being a fair amount of slop there, but I don't know if that's worrisome or not. It wasn't to me. I'm wondering if the pivot pin for the TO bearing housing has sheered... Greg Rowe >From: "Jim Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On 21 Dec 2002 at 13:03, Dave Willner wrote: > > When I went to reinstall the slave I noticed the pushrod was laying on >the > > bottom of the bracket and there seems to be about 1/2" - 3/4" of >horizontal > > play in it. My pedal goes 1/2 - 2/3 down to the floor until it engages, >but > > very light before that. > > Time for a new pushrod?, or? > >I'm quite familiar with the 80 Spitfire clutch arrangement but I have >no idea what you're talking about! "The pushrod was laying on the >bottom of the bracket"? Umm, did you check the framistan or the >widget adjustment mechanism? :-) > >I can think of nothing that would be called a pushrod that would be >worth replacing! Are you talking about something on the pedal end or >the slave end? > >(You'll probably get three copies of this reply, one to you and one >to each of the lists. Sorry about the redundancy, and also the >repetition too.) >-- >Jim Muller /// [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.
