[DeTomaso] Clutch Master Cylinder and Shackle

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Thu Jun 12 15:32:22 EDT 2008


In a message dated 6/12/08 12 25 7, daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com writes:


> It's got the short pushrod that came with the CNC master which I think is 
> too
> short and the long one is too long.  I should have pulled the short one out
> and compared it to the OEM.  If nothing else, I can measure the freeplay I 
> have
> now to figure out how much longer the pushrod needs to be.  The clevis is 
> also
> the short original one.  A longer one might just put the pedal where I want 
> it.
> I need to bleed it and make sure the adjustment back at the transaxle is 
> okay
> before I resort to a custom pushrod.
> 

>>>If you get 'the long one' and it's too long, you can always shorten it to 
taste....

I vastly prefer just replacing the stock clutch master with another stock 
clutch master, recycling the original clevis and pushrod so that no adjustments 
are required at all!   Chuck Melton and I performed this job on another club 
member's car a few months ago.   In the past I have unbolted the master from the 
pedal plate, and then by depressing the clutch pedal to the floor, it enabled 
the master to move forward about an inch and a half.   That was enough wiggle 
room to disconnect the pushrod from the old master, attach it to the new 
master, and then slide everything back in placee.   Hey presto!

In this most recent case, we were unable to do this for some reason, perhaps 
because Chuck was lacking the appropriate 90-degree snap ring pliers?   I 
honestly can't remember.   So I believe we unthreaded the pushrod from the clevis, 
but did so from the front trunk compartment.   Then we swapped it over to the 
new one on the workbench, and put it all back together.

Mike


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