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Smooth case gearbox in early MKII Sprite?

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Verified fork is not bent, installed 2 11/16" slave rod and adjusted master pushrod with no improvement, still won't disengage. Most likely TO bearing hanging up and not able to move far enough... I believe I'll start looking for a 1275 trans and quit messing with the 948. Does anyone know if the 948 hydraulic system will work with a 1275 trans?

Anyone have a decent 1275 trans for sale?

Thanks!
Charlie
 
Well Charlie it was worth a shot. Are you certain you are getting movement on the slave and that all of the air is out of the clutch line. These things are Basta_rds to bleed. Please make sure hte simple things are taken care of first. Do you know that clutch is not rusted to the flywheel. That happens if these things are not driven.
 
Thanks, I verified slave is moving fork, bled line multiple times and the clutch disk, pressure plate & TO bearing all new.
 
CharlieB said:
Thanks, I verified slave is moving fork, bled line multiple times and the clutch disk, pressure plate & TO bearing all new.
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Charlie,

Have you check how much free play there is in the fork if you move it by hand? I am referring to feeling how far the fork travels from at rest, to feeling it make contact with the friction surface on the pressure plate. At this point, the only possible explanations I can come up with are either that you are losing take-up because there is too much gap, or that your TO bearing has either come apart of come off.

I'm kinda far away from you, but I have several good condition ribcase gearboxes I could rebuild for you. I've shipped many transmission around the country, so it's not a big deal or that expensive.
 
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