Subject: Re: clutch and tranny followup
Author: peha-@comcast.net
Date: Jul 26, 2004, 2:32 PM
Post ID: 1717229093
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Jason: DO NOT take "every bit of slack" out of the clutch cable. Its a recipe for disaster. Just inside the rear cover of the transmission is a radial throwout bearing. It is designed for intermittent or occasional use. It is NOT designed to withstand constant loads. If you take up all of the cable slack, this bearing gets permanently loaded and it will fail. In the process, it will use the long throwout rod as a dull drill and drill a hole directly through your clutch. Lots of alternate damage occurs.
Find someway to solve the problem with your clutch and transmission and cable. But, do not solve it by taking away a necessary element of freeplay.
Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
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<P>Jason: DO NOT take "every bit of slack" out of the clutch cable. Its a recipe for disaster. Just inside the rear cover of the transmission is a radial throwout bearing. It is designed for intermittent or occasional use. It is NOT designed to withstand constant loads. If you take up all of the cable slack, this bearing gets permanently loaded and it will fail. In the process, it will use the long throwout rod as a dull drill and drill a hole directly through your clutch. Lots of alternate damage occurs.</P>
<P>Find someway to solve the problem with your clutch and transmission and cable. But, do not solve it by taking away a necessary element of freeplay.</P>
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<P>Patrick Hayes</P>
<P>Fremont CA<BR></P>
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