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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: Please help. New clutch won't release
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Sun, 04 December 2005 12:27
 
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with a freshly installed slave on my RA40, i found that the piston needed to be out a lot further out than originally expected.
i bled the clutch system with the piston nearly fully home inside the slave - so the first time i went to use it, it simply didn't push out far enough (master cyl only pushes so much fluid).
suggestion:
-get a spring to hold the arm as far away from the slave pushrod
-pump the clutch lightly to get the piston to move out and adopt a new 'resting' postition further outwards (may need quite a few goes to do this, plus extra fluid in resevoir)
-remove spring
-see if piston pushes out further
-see if clutch actually works
you can also get adjustable push-rods on some older slaves that let you extend the throw of the piston. i scored one from a wrecking yard that i intended to use on my ra40 (before i worked out about the resting state of the piston).
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