| majohnson@hartford.edu |
Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:25 pm |
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| I recently tried to put on a new spring on my throw out barring arm with the rod still in the transaxle. I put the new one on like u would a key on a ring. I think its not all the way around(the straight piece of the srping on the flat area) and was wondering how far is the pedal susposed to travel. It seems I can push it almost all the way to the wall. I was thinking of putting another spring on the arm to hold it back some more. How much does it have to move to engage the clutch? |
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| Aussiebug |
Sun Feb 23, 2003 11:57 pm |
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So long as the spring is pulling the tranny arm right back and releasing the thrust bearing from the clutch plate OK (and thereby pulling the pedal upright) - it's enough.
At the clutch pedal you should be able to push the pedal with your hand about 1/2 inch before any real tension starts.
In other words, the pedal should work in the first half of pedal travel - not down near the floor. If you have to move the pedal too much before it releases the clutch then you need to adjust the cable tension at the gearbox end.
Dont' forget that the bowden tube has to have a nice bend in it too - between 3/4 and 1 inch, so the engine/tranny can rock on it's mounts without tugging on the clutch cable (bunny hop starts).
Rob
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