Thread: MSA Throwout

Originally Posted by 123rover50

With this MSA box, should the clutch throwout bearing be in contact with the fingers and spinning all the time?

Keith

Only if you want to wear it out With my mxa I made an adjustable pushrod and run about a 1/16" of clearance at the fork Probably the original truck rod is similar

AM

Yes, mine is adjustable too.
I am having a senior moment and cant remember if I had clearance when I installed it or not. I have freeplay at the pedal but was under the car the other day when it was idleing and noticed it was hard up with no movement and the lever was wobbling as it idled.
I will slacken it off a bit and see if I still have a clutch.
Thanks

Mine is in full contact and has been for ~10 years.

I decided to make it self-adjusting by removing the return spring after having spring issues. Yes there is wear on the fingers, but that pressure plate has done around 500,000km.

Bloody younger generation! probably pull the handbrake on over the ratchet
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Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

Bloody younger generation! probably pull the handbrake on over the ratchet
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No need, my wife does that.

Checked it. It seems the spring is not strong enough to push the slave all the way back.
If I push it right back by hand I get nearly 1/4 inch slack in the push rod.
Other slaves dont have a return spring so are their bearings spinning all the time too? Like our disco.
Maybe its not a big issue.

My nissan work car also uses no return spring on the clutch slave.

Thanks for the photo AM.

I'm almost at the point of dropping the 4bd1t/msa/adaptor/LT230 combo into the RRC chassis to work out design of engine mounts.

Every so often the threads throw up something I need to be aware of or should consider, like the clutch adjustment or that I have no edic motor. Not only that, I have no slave cylinder, so it is good to see how it all goes together.