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Norton47

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Gotta question. The clutch slave cylinder on my friends 1975 TR6 is mounted like this.
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The push rod is in the top notch. Which I have read is a no no. Should be in center hole.
Current clutch feel is very positive, has a definite over center feel, does not drag.
Master cylinder is leaking.
The current installed slave cylinder is a Lockheed, made in England. It appears to be a little larger around than the replacement, and about the same length as the replacement.
The replacement is a Girling from Moss.

We were going to replace both and the plastic line.
Why the spacer bolts?
Should we continue to use them?
Just mount the replacement cylinder in place?
Or remove the spacer bolts and mount without the spacer bolts? Is this a 1975 improvement?
Would appear if we don't use the spacer bolts the push rod would have to be longer.
Thanks
 
I copied and pasted the image url into another window and got it open. It's a bit blurry, but I can make it out. There is no reason for that slave cylinder to be so far forward (or back, depending on how you look at it), unless the push rod is too short. Order a new rod and cotter pin and replace all of the hydraulics at once, along with a new stainless steel braided hose.

Bulletproof for another 70,000 miles.
 
Is that the correct slave? looks kinda like Redneck engeneering to me! Compare it to the new one, the mounting brackets {Ears} may be in a different location than that one is. Otherwise I don`t know what to say other than if it were me I would deffinately figure something different out than that setup!
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Good point Kerry. I didn't look at the cylinder as much as the bolts and the linkage, which may have been cut down to accommodate the Rube Goldberg setup under there.
 
Hmmm wonder what I did wrong to the photo img?
I clicked on the enter image icon and pasted in the url.
In regards to the car.
I got it apart. It is a Lockheed slave, seems to be the same as the part I got from TRF which is marked AP. Seems to me Lockheed and AP were all one name once it.
Amazingly the pushrods are the same length, the new Girling slave cylinder will mount up. It must really over release the spring fingers on the pressure plate.
I agree remove all the non stock stuff and replace with new parts.
You never know what you will find.
Thanks
 
A dollar to a doughnut there's a broken fork pin inside there and the spacers etc are there to stop the rod from popping out the slave cylinder.
 
Norton 47 . Don't paste the URL do the IMG setting on the bottom.

You can always preview your post to make sure it works.
 
Brosky said:
Good point Kerry. I didn't look at the cylinder as much as the bolts and the linkage, which may have been cut down to accommodate the Rube Goldberg setup under there.
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Hehehehehe I was contemplating using that term myself, but didn`t know how it would be taken, so .... I was a good boy and refrained. Although I must admit another term came to mind first. But {Basil} a promise is a promise. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/angel.gif
 
AltaKnight said:
A dollar to a doughnut there's a broken fork pin inside there and the spacers etc are there to stop the rod from popping out the slave cylinder.
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Seen that on several cars with broken fork pins. The space the slave out so that its throw is still enough to disengage the clutch. The arm that the slave cylinder rod attaches to should be vertical when everything is in good shape. I'll bet that one was at about a 30 degrees backward angle.
 
High marks for creativity... I second the notion that this looks like someone's solution for a fork pin that is broken in a jagged fashion that (with enough movement) still catches hold and moves the operating fork.
 
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