Well i went to fit my clutch return spring today, but i brought this non genuin slace sylinder from minispares ( http://www.minispare....aspx?pid=34423 ) and there is no where for the spring to attatch to...
So what should i do to overcome this problem? will it be bad not to fit the spring?

Pre-verto Clutch Return Spring
Started by
Tomf
, Jul 06 2008 03:42 PM
6 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 06 July 2008 - 03:42 PM
#2
Posted 06 July 2008 - 04:08 PM
The spring fits onto an egg-shaped plate which has a large hole in it to fit over the bleed nipple and a small hole for the spring - check the old one if you still have it - it's probably still on there! If not, it's not too hard to make a new one with some 1mm or so thick steel sheet. The purpose of the spring is to keep the release bearing off the clutch when not in use - not fitting the spring will reduce the life of the release bearing as it will be spinning much more than with the spring fitted.
JR
edit - part number is 2A3600 from Somerford PDF catalogue here: http://www.somerford...lutch-Cover.pdf (item 48) but doesn't come up on Minispares site.
JR
edit - part number is 2A3600 from Somerford PDF catalogue here: http://www.somerford...lutch-Cover.pdf (item 48) but doesn't come up on Minispares site.
Edited by jayare, 06 July 2008 - 04:12 PM.
#3
Posted 06 July 2008 - 06:26 PM
That's because it's been NLA for about 15 years. There is never a spring anchor built into the pre-Verto slave cylinder, it is always a seperate plate. You can use anything that will hook over the bleed nipple and hold the spring, I usually use a wire circlip.
As above it is quite important to fit the spring.
As above it is quite important to fit the spring.
#4
Posted 06 July 2008 - 07:07 PM
Cheers ill find somewhere to hook the other end to then...
#5
Posted 06 July 2008 - 08:44 PM
M Machine in Darlington supplied me with the spring location part last week..... maybe they have a new source.....
Rob
Rob
#6
Posted 06 July 2008 - 09:25 PM
They make most of their parts themselves. A part described as NLA means not available as genuine. Didn't know M-Machine were making these though, seems like a really odd little part to start making when you consider how easy it is to replace with something else. Even a cable tie will work!
Do you mean the slave end or the clutch arm end by the way?
Do you mean the slave end or the clutch arm end by the way?
#7
Posted 06 July 2008 - 09:55 PM
The slave end, dw ill do something to hold the spring in place

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