My friend is having this same problem. Perfectly good clutch before new
driven plate, no clutch afterwards. I think they must be thicker, making
the center sit further back. We are still working on getting it solved.
His has no play in the pins.
Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus wrote:
>
> Dumb question - when you had the transmission out to rebuild the clutch
> assembly did you inspect the pins connecting the mechanism to the throwout
> bits? It really sounds to me like you might have a substantial amount of
> wear in the linkage there - the pins ofttimes wear and wear the holes oval
> at the same time.
>
> It doesn't take a lot of wear there to really screw up the throw of the
> clutch.
>
> As far as adding to the shaft, replacing the shaft and the like - if it's
> not massively worn it shouldn't need it, and the additions and tinkering
> are just masking the real problem.
>
> ajr
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