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Barrykearley

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  1. I suspect @PeteH that that may well have been the case. I’ll never know.
  2. Bearing has been shimmed forwards by 3mm. Pivot pin shimmed forwards by 2 washers. Clutch spring plate checked for levels. flywheel removed and missing spigot bearing replaced. Its all back together tonight - just - albeit it with the tunnel and carpets left to put back in. I now have very little play on the arm - and a fantastic operational clutch. The PO had clearly spent a lot on this with a garage - new clutch, master, slave, hydraulic pipe, rebuilt gearbox and was still left with a knackered car - the fault frankly was obvious but I was looking for an exact answer. Clearly there’s something obscure with something in there - and shimming it has just overcome whatever it is. It’s done 750 miles in 4 years he owned it and it was never right. One mans loss is another mans gain 👍.
  3. The arm does not appear distorted or worn. please folks - forget the hydraulics - it’s all new and functions as it should providing plenty of travel. This is simply a case of too much free play before the release bearing touches the clutch spring plate platform.
  4. I’m genuinely at a loss and wanted an exact answer. My buddy at the garage has simply said give up and shim it - stop over thinking it. Fingers crossed the bush appears today. @Ian Smith the clutch pipe is brand new kunifer - travel is great - but the arm runs out of travel when the clutch arm hits the gearbox casing. There’s far far too much free play before the bearing nose touches the clutch sprung platform.
  5. Yes @Pete Lewis I did - and it pretty much tied up with the measurement you provided above. It could be any multitude of things including an over machined flywheel to blame. ive no idea now - I’ve shimmed the bearing and the pivot - fingers crossed once the spigot bush arrives I can trial fit and see if the range of motion is now enough.
  6. Bit of an update - shimmed bearing forwards by 3mm - shimmed pivot pin forwards with a washer. was going to try it back on the car tonight - but thought I’d pull the clutch off to have a check of some of the above numbers. Yeah that put it on job stop - since the pilot spigot bush is simply missing 😳 - thanks go out to the garage that did this for the PO. Just awaiting a delivery now.
  7. When all together - the pushrod does indeed sit up against the arm. Trouble is - the furthest throw of the arm isn’t enough to fully engage the clutch - and the free play on the arm as shown in the video is clearly the issue. That garage that did the for the PO must have known it was plain wrong.
  8. Thanks all. I’m properly puzzled by it all. I can see all so very clearly the huge amount of play in the arm - can physically see the distance between the clutch spring plate and the bearing. I can only see what I have in front of me - and whatever it is right or wrong - the play needs to be removed for the clutch to work.
  9. Scratch that - the GRB209 isnt a flat faced contact bearing. I'm starting to think I have a 2000cc bearing carrier in this car. I’ll pop into a mates machine shop tomorrow and see if he can rattle me up a shim to go between the rear of the bearing I have and the carrier to push it out a few mm.
  10. Old bearing has CT 5466 stamped on it. physically it’s about 68mm outer diameter, 38mm inner diameter, 16mm thick. All approx since I’ve just binned my digital vernier thats refusing to work. This cross refs to a GRB206 bearing and is what should be in the car according to rimmers. It looks about 3mm too thin to me by peering in the bellhousing So tomorrow - I’ll be ordering the GRB209 - since that’s 19.63mm thick according to a dimension I’ve managed to find - and I reckon that’s gonna solve this issue.
  11. @Pete Lewis the bearing is flat faced - that picture doesn’t make it look like it - but it is. It’s 16mm and there’s significant play before that flat face mates with the sprung face of the clutch.
  12. I would expect a MM or two at the pushrod end of the arm - I’ve got absolutely miles of movement. It was about 3mm looking into the gearbox between the bearing and mating face
  13. Fab so I should just be able to pull that pin out and shim it then. I will try and get a thicker bearing tomorrow - but failing that it’s shim time.
  14. And how does that pivot pin come out ? Is it bolted in from behind the bell housing ?
  15. @68vitesse does the carrier in the pic above look correct? If so it would appear I’ve an issue with the bearing. @Pete Lewis any idea of a source for the correct 19mm bearing ? If I can’t - what’s the correct washer thickness to pad out the pivot pin?
  16. I can measure that @Steve P - but at the full extent of current travel the arm almost hits the gearbox case - I’ve even tried the trick of sneaking a nut in between the arm and the rod to increase travel - again it’s limited by the gearbox case. this is definitely related to there being too much free movement - which is down to carrier or bearing being the issue. the bearing I have cross references to the GRB206 so - it’s either the wrong thickness and a bad cross reference or the carrier is to blame…… I do notice the carrier is NLA according to rimmers 🤔
  17. Dunno chap - I’ve stuck up some pics of what I have.
  18. I’ve not idea chap - this is an inherited issue.
  19. Hydraulics fine - all new - movement is all good from the slave. If you watch the video - you can see the control arm movement is huge - loads of free play. That i believe is my issue?
  20. The control arm is fine - no wear in the pivot pin obvious.
  21. The whole lot in there is new chap. This is something silly for sure. The movement on the control arm is massive FullSizeRender.mov
  22. I’ve just purchased a 1600 vitesse 6. I have an issue which has been inherited from the PO. The clutch is without question not fully engaging as selecting 1st or reverse you are met with a grinding. Driving out is fine. hydraulics bled - all new - movement at slave is good. Clutch is new and the gearbox looks fully rebuilt. No excessive play in the pedal linkages. The hydraulics simply run out of travel. The control arm into the gearbox flops around a lot - there’s just too much travel before the bearing mates with the seat on the pressure plate. I’ve pulled the gearbox out this morning - can anyone please confirm the bearing thickness - looking at rimmers is supposed to be a GRB206. The bearing I have is 16mm there abouts. the pivot point isn’t worn - nor is the control arm.
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