[DeTomaso] This time with LINK Re: Follow up, with photos Re: Clutch woes in Asa's garage

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Photos link, please excuse my fried brain not remembering to link the 
photos earlier.

http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=3131

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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http://www.asajay.com
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Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> I really do appreciate everyone chiming in to try and help me adjust my 
> clutch remotely.  I've done everything that has been suggested, but it 
> still will not work.  The last thing I did today was buy a Napa UP-255 
> cylinder kit to compare it to what I have.  The slave cylinder I have is 
> definitely NOT stock.  However the bore size is the same and the kit 
> part and present part only differ by .001", the kit part being .001 
> larger diameter than the present part.  And it fits.
>
> So I assembled the new piston to the slave cylinder.  Then I removed the 
> lever arm and moved it one more notch toward the slave.  Now, with the 
> set screw backed all the way out, I can freely position the lever arm so 
> it is both free of the pressure plate fingers when closest to the slave 
> and resting on the fingers when about an 1/8" away.  This is as close to 
> the slave as I can possibly get the lever arm.
>
> Then I installed the pushrod (adjusted for the shortest length possible) 
> and the external return spring.  Without -any- fluid pressure and in 
> fact with the bleed screw open, the internal spring on the slave pushes 
> the lever arm against the fingers of the pressure plate.  The -only- way 
> to get the throw out off the fingers is to manually push the piston back 
> into the cylinder... oh but wait...... when bottomed out, I still 
> -can't- get the throw out bearing off the fingers.  This would tell me 
> the clutch lever arm is too close.  Why is there even a spring inside 
> this slave?  It seems to be the cause of all my problems, pushing the 
> piston out far enough to contact the throwout bearing against the fingers.
>
> Okay, so I didn't take video, maybe I should be that's a much longer 
> process.  Here are the photos, with lengthy explanations accompanying each.
>
> Does anyone know what the thickness of a stock friction disc should be?
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
> 1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
> 1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
>     
> ******************************     
> http://www.asajay.com
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>   
>
>
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