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Stang72
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From: Arkel,Zuid-Holland,Holland
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 01-23-2005 08:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stang72   Click Here to Email Stang72     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
does the lever needs to be held back with a spring?? or does it need to be at tension to the clutch????

here's a picture of my setup,.. i made it hydraulic.. so does the lever need to held to the front of back???

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n2oMike
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From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 01-23-2005 10:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for n2oMike   Click Here to Email n2oMike     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If that clutch fork is like most of them, there is a pivot between the pushrod and the throwout bearing.

Therefore, for the clutch to work, the clutch fork gets pushed towards the rear of the car.

It looks like yours is set up to push towards the front.... unless I'm missing something.

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BLstangin
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From: St. James, MN
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 01-23-2005 11:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for BLstangin   Click Here to Email BLstangin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You want a spirng to hold it forward until you push on it, or your throwout bearing will be running all the time and wear it out. Doesn't take much, just a ligher spring.

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Stang72
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From: Arkel,Zuid-Holland,Holland
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 01-23-2005 01:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Stang72   Click Here to Email Stang72     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
@ N20mike, its a pull-type cilinder, this is it in its resting position.

@BLstangin,.. thanx,.. so im gonna look for a spring so that the throwout is running free

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