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aftermarket. I've learned two lessons from this experience.
1.Be wary of advice on here.
2. Do not allow someone to transfer fear in terms of difficulty of a job.
First, the job of removing the clutch master cylinder is " not a bear" as I have read on here. It is not even a cub, or any animal. It is a piece of metal installed originally bolted on by a man. One does not even need a helper.
All one has to do is place in a small 1/2 inch gear wrench stubby. Just fasten it on the upper bolt of the clucth master from the engine bay, then from the cockpit..bolt off the nut. As for the lower bolt... simply come in with a left hand beneath the rack to guide a 1/2 inch 1/4 drive socket. That nut bolts off quickly as the bolt is welded to the bulkhead. As for the hoses...disconnect from the slave, remove the screw at the resevoir, push open the bracket, pull up the resevoir, there is your hose screw expose. Once that is off..smake the hose under rack. That is it! No bear!!
f I had known the job was like this, I would have removed and installed the clutch master from my non-running 72 to my 71 weeks ago. I believed that the job was so difficult, that I was turned off from doing all of that work. Instead, I researched, comtemplating White Post, finaly deciding on a aftermarket master which was suggested here.
First, the aftermarket DOES NOT simply bolt on! The section where the dust cover is installed is too thick. While I was able to bolt in the upper bolt, the cylinder sat at a angle. This is a definite problem for the pushrod did not travel smoothly into the bore, instead at an offset angle.
The other problem is the hole at the clutch pedal. Even if one was to widen the hole in the bulkhead, the factory hole at the peaal It is too high. So again, the pushrod did not travel smoothly; even caught in the interior of the bore. One may be able to force it, yet imagine the premature wear.
The way that this aftermarket clutch master can work is by one..enlarging the hole in the bulkhead and second, drilling a another hole below the original hole at the clutch pedal to allow a nice smooth straight travel.
Now, I have to call Pegasus for a refund. A waste of time and money. I spent more time worrying about the job than performing the actual job.
posted by 64.12.11...
, Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:41:17
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