Clutch fork travel

[lippy]

Originally Posted by frdfver

Its been my experience over the years if you have to pull the trans in with the bolts something is to tight or not right in the clutch, pilot bearing input shaft clearance, clutch hub spline interference, etc. I would also check the total travel on the slave by itself. It looks like the slave mount is held on the slave with clamp bolts, are they tightened down to tight deforming the cylinder?

Paul T.

What I keep coming back to is that I get almost an inch of travel from the slave right now. Even more when I preload it. McCleod says I only need 0.35-0.4" at the clutch, and the fork ratio is 1.75:1. I should have more than enough travel. I'm suspecting it's something else, as you point out.

[lippy]

At Brent's suggestion, I pulled the trans mount bolts, supported the car and engine, loosened the trans bolts about 0.25", and pulled the trans back about that far. Everything worked fine. The clutch released, and there was plenty of travel at the throw-out bearing. As a check, I then pushed it back in so there was only about 0.1" between the bell and the trans mount, and it didn't release. It seems like there is something up with the pilot bearing. I also rechecked the clearance for the trans input shaft and it seems like I'm fine there. After that, I pulled the trans.