21-06-2020, 10:13 AM
I’ve been having another thought about this issue and now wonder if the vibration could have been there before but didn’t create the rattling of the clutch pedal.
When I started all this one of the things I was trying to achieve was to get more clutch disengagement which was achieved by reducing the previously excessive clearance between the toggles and the thrust race.
So, if before I did the refurbishment the clutch pedal was as far forward as it wanted to go under the force of the pedal spring but was still not really contacting the thrust race then I suppose any vibration coming from the race wouldn’t have been transmitted to the pedal.
If I run the engine and pull the pedal slightly upwards the rattle certainly seems to stop which suggests this could be what’s happening but I still don’t know what to do about it.
Has anyone here reworked a 3-speed thrust race housing? On line I’ve seen vague comments about building up the lugs where the pedal shaft arms bear with bronze and also fitting a ring in the housing where the toggles rest (presumably this would need to be hardened) but I’m still reluctant to take the engine out again unless I know what the options are once I’ve done so.
When I started all this one of the things I was trying to achieve was to get more clutch disengagement which was achieved by reducing the previously excessive clearance between the toggles and the thrust race.
So, if before I did the refurbishment the clutch pedal was as far forward as it wanted to go under the force of the pedal spring but was still not really contacting the thrust race then I suppose any vibration coming from the race wouldn’t have been transmitted to the pedal.
If I run the engine and pull the pedal slightly upwards the rattle certainly seems to stop which suggests this could be what’s happening but I still don’t know what to do about it.
Has anyone here reworked a 3-speed thrust race housing? On line I’ve seen vague comments about building up the lugs where the pedal shaft arms bear with bronze and also fitting a ring in the housing where the toggles rest (presumably this would need to be hardened) but I’m still reluctant to take the engine out again unless I know what the options are once I’ve done so.