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bthompson
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...At least, that's how it turned out for me.
Since I've been using Nigel as my daily driver all winter, and it's been too cold to fix all the bits that are wearing out or falling off, I've just been keeping a mental catalog of all the new squeaks and stuff as they happen. It's gonna be a busy week, once the weather breaks.
One of the more alarming things is, I've been gradually losing my clutch pedal. This weekend it got so bad, with the pedal tight to the firewall, the clutch would still barely slip. Driving wasn't a problem as long as I matched revs, but going into 1st from a stop could be grindy.
Thinking it was fluid-related, I bled the line yesterday. No joy. I started to see dollar bills with wings. I replaced the slave last year, so I'm thinking the master's shot, and I'll have to grind around town 'till I can get another one.
Then, I pulled the cover to the pedal box to see if I was leaking fluid. Lo and behold, I find that the clevis pin is worn: two little grooves where it goes through the rod fork, and a corresponding looseness in that fork. I'd been losing a good 1 1/2 inches of pedal travel before the master even started to move! I couldn't believe such a tiny amount of wear could cause that much slop.
So what I did was cut two little strips from a Coke can, just big enough to wrap around the clevis at the points where it was worn. Shoved it back in, and hey presto! full clutch travel. Good enough until I can get a new pin--or solder a little more meat onto the one I have--or maybe I'll just leave it and see how long it lasts. :wink:
Since I've been using Nigel as my daily driver all winter, and it's been too cold to fix all the bits that are wearing out or falling off, I've just been keeping a mental catalog of all the new squeaks and stuff as they happen. It's gonna be a busy week, once the weather breaks.
One of the more alarming things is, I've been gradually losing my clutch pedal. This weekend it got so bad, with the pedal tight to the firewall, the clutch would still barely slip. Driving wasn't a problem as long as I matched revs, but going into 1st from a stop could be grindy.
Thinking it was fluid-related, I bled the line yesterday. No joy. I started to see dollar bills with wings. I replaced the slave last year, so I'm thinking the master's shot, and I'll have to grind around town 'till I can get another one.
Then, I pulled the cover to the pedal box to see if I was leaking fluid. Lo and behold, I find that the clevis pin is worn: two little grooves where it goes through the rod fork, and a corresponding looseness in that fork. I'd been losing a good 1 1/2 inches of pedal travel before the master even started to move! I couldn't believe such a tiny amount of wear could cause that much slop.
So what I did was cut two little strips from a Coke can, just big enough to wrap around the clevis at the points where it was worn. Shoved it back in, and hey presto! full clutch travel. Good enough until I can get a new pin--or solder a little more meat onto the one I have--or maybe I'll just leave it and see how long it lasts. :wink:
