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Old 03-16-2008, 02:11 PM
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Ken, that doesn't seem right. I increased the size of the master and got a lot more slave travel with less pedal movement. It's WAY harder to push, but for the first time, I get more than sufficient clutch travel to allow smooth shifts. It makes sense to me that I'm pumping more fluid into the slave just due to the greater volume in the master. With the smaller master, I had to overdrive the piston travel to get less than full travel in the slave. This lead to premature distruction of the master. Now, I don't even need the full travel of the 1" master to move slave enough to fully engage the clutch.
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