[DeTomaso] Clutch woes in Asa's garage

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/09 18 41 1, asajay at asajay.com writes:


> Well, that's two people who have said the same thing.  So then my CNC
> replacement should give me the same amount of throw as a stock unit. 
> What gives.
> 

At the risk of suggesting the obvious, I've seen exactly this type of 
scenario in action before.   The cause was a bunch of air in the clutch line due 
to improper/inadequate bleeding.   I bled my clutch with a pressure bleeder, 
and found that I had to depress the pedal about halfway in order to get 
fluid to flow.

FWIW....

You should set up your system so that the piston inside the slave is almost 
completely withdrawn into the slave, and the fingers on the clutch fork are 
almost but not quite touching the throwout bearing.   This will give you 
the maximum effective stroke for a given amount of pedal travel, while 
preserving the free space necessary between the clutch fork and throwout bearing.

Mike