Re: Stiff clutch

["Dave Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, deloreanernst@xxxx wrote:
> Interesting. I put in a new ss clutch line, master cylinder and 
slave, and 
> the pedal is still pretty stiff. It's the only manual transmission 
car I 
> drive, so I have nothing to compare it to, though a friend drove it 
and said 
> it was brutal.

I found that replacing the clutch, including lubricating the clutch 
fork pivot point and throwout bearing sliding surfaces made the most 
difference. The original poster on this must have had some friction 
in the slave cylinder (or a pinched line), but the most vulnerable 
place for clutch friction is the TO bearing and the fork pivot ball. 
In mine, the pivot ball was completely dry and the rubber seal was 
missing. If you analyze the design, you can see that any water that 
gets in from above thru the engine cover can run right down the 
clutch fork to the pivot. The rubber flap on the bellhousing is about 
useless. 

Unfortunately both require removing the trans to access. 

Dave Swingle