Bleeding Clutch ...

[Whaler]

Good to see this thread as I have to do this soon as well. I have the same throw-out and I will have to look into this pedal travel issue....I just finished running the brake and clutch hard lines.

How can it overtravel if it is adjusted for all the correct measurements? Its very detailed setting it up for clearances etc...then ultimately if acts against the clutch fingers anyhow.??
My instructions mentioned something that was no longer required and I thought it was a mechanical stop or finger?? Thats off the top of my head though and I will check it out.

What did you guys do to keep the flex lins back off the pressure plate?? I think they are fairly rigid but I recall Butcher of Baghdad Andy chewing threw a line or 2

I would like to secure them back away from the spinning mass..maybe a pico clamp or 2 with a hole drilled and tapped in the scattershield opening??


Okay I went in to the vaults and found my instructions ( Macleod Unit) I have a note stapled to the top that says "Stop screw and bracket no longer used with this application". Yet on page one it shows many references to Clutch pedal travel and that "overtravel can overload internal release bearing causing O-Ring failure..Pedal travel must be properly calibrated to prevent bearing damage"
So what guives here?? My instructions are what I got withe the unit 2 years ago. My builder set it all up for me and emphasized how important the clearance adjustments were when he installed it along with my motor and tranny....
According to this a travel stop and bracket is no longer required...maybe macleaod was to cheap to make up new instructions as the addendum is a scrap of paper with the message typed in in plain jane font.
Last page on the back shows a stop bracket in Fig 4 maybe thats the stop brakcet they refer to as no longer required...while clutch pedal travel is another thing entirely?

Tim