Re: [VintageLambo] Second Gear

Hi John, The fact that you are at full length on the adjustment is usually indicative of a pretty worn clutch disk. Even so, having that small bit of pedal travel will help your shifting and it will help reduce further wear. With no pedal travel, you are in a condition where the throwout bearing is making contact with the fingers of the pressure plate, and in extreme cases, you may actually cause some clutch engagement and this will often cause clutch slippage under acceleration - not a good thing and can lead to expensive clutch work. I didn"t mention the hardware sizes because I have found that there are differences from car to car. On my car, both the push rod hex and the lock nut are 14mm. Sometimes, I think the factory just used what was handy at the moment. I think it is safe to say if you go under the car with a pair of 14"s and a 13, you will be OK. Let us know how the run goes. Happy New Year, Jack John Allott wrote: Jack, I have just adjusted the clutch slave free-play. A couple of points - The push rod from the slave has a 14mm hex for adjusting, the lock nut is 13mm - might save some time if anybody else gets under their car There was NO play in the slave on my car - now adjusted to around 1mm of freeplay. This puts the adjustment at its limit and to get any more adjustment, I would need to insert a couple of spacers between the slave body and the mounts to the bell housing - maybe something for people to consider when rebuilding a clutch. I haven"t taken the car for a run yet so I will report if it was worth the effort later:-) John jallott@albury.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Riddell To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [VintageLambo] Second Gear Hi John, The item about the clutch adjustment is that you need to have a small amount of clutch pedal movement before the throwout bearing meets the clutch fingers. This ensures proper engagement and can have a big effect on shifting performance.The way to set the pedal travel is by getting under the car and adjusting the length of the rod from the clutch slave cylinder.I have developed an illustrated writeup for this procedure in the 400 rebuild manual that I could cut and paste for your use.