Reply to "clutch adjustment"

All - Yes, it was difficult to get the pin in. And, I was worried that the slave would not compress enough to allow the throw-out bearing to move off of the clutch fingers. However, I was pleasantly suprised at how much the slave compressed. I confess that this is a new adjustment for me and I will let you know how it goes. I just got fed up with the grinding.

No. 6579 - You say you have a measureable loss of throw at temperature. It definitely sounds like there may still be air in the system. Although it is usually tempting to suspect parts, I find that most problems are adjustment related.

I honestly think these problems (and we seem to have a lot of them) occur with new clutches. This is when the adjustment between free play and disengagement is most critical. The slave cylinders only have so much throw. Once we get a little wear on the clutches, things should straighten out (I hope).

Not to disagree too much with the free play crowd, I think an acceptable way to set up the clutch would be to adjust until you get acceptable shifting performance across all temperature ranges. If, at that time, the throw-out bearing is contacting the fingers in an unacceptable way, then you have another problem that cannot be adjusted away.