PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 291
FEBRUARY 1977
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Your clutch pCdaL. goes Down rea±
easy when you start PUshing it² Then it
gets harDer to Push³
´hat
first
Part
is
"free
µ
trave±²¶
You're
on±y moving tHe c±utch
throwout bearINg towar· the clut¸h
re±ease ±eveRs² As sooN as the beariNg
touches the ±evers, the bearing
¹
starts
sºinNINg² ´heN, when you Push the
ºeDal harDer, you»re Diseng¼ging the
clutch
½
From the eNgine f±ywhee±²
¾
As
the c±ut¿h Disk facing wears
Down, the relEase ±evers move BacK
towarD the throwout beÀring² ÁÂÃs
shortens the c±utch PeDa± Free traVe±-
the beariNg ·oesN»t have sO far to go to
reach the re±ease ±eversÄ
Åf you Don't keeP the right Free
Æ
trave±; the re±ease ±evers wi±± get back
to the bearing ÇȲ anD kÉeP it sPiNÊing
Dz² anD wear it out²
Worse, you get weaker PressuËe oN
the
c±utch
DiskÇ Åṯ±
SliP
oN
the
f±ywhee±Ç ´his makes heatÍÎso mÏch
BEYOND
OUTER
Ðever try to stretch yÑur clutch ±inÒage aDjustmeNtÓ ´he
rIght limIt is bui±t iN² ÔheN you reach that lImit, the clutch
·IÕK facINg is worN ·owN to Its safe ±Imit² Åf you go beyoND
the lImIt, the clutch Disk rIvetsÖaND theN the steel DIÕÒ×
ØIll rub the f±ysheelÓ Ùhat's ØheN bIg trÚuble comes!
Ûome mechanics thiNK ItÜs cute to cut off the eN· of the
2\ÝtoN trucÒÞÕ c±utch a·justINg ro·ßto Õàretch the limát for
freeâtrave± a·justmeNtÓÙhat tricÒ backfIães Øhen the täcå
æaÕ to come bacÒ for a New clutch ºressure º±ateçaN·
maybe a New eNgièe flyØheelé
8
ControL ±od needS
AdJuStInG WHe²
F±ee t±AVeL IS
too SHo±t. tHIS
PuLLS ±eLeASe
fo±K A²d beA±I²G
baCK f±³M ±eLeASe
LeVe±S, tHen ´He±e'S
Mo±e F±ee t±AVeLµ
limiT- Dis¶sT·R!
the ±inkageÇ
êëis ±ets the tìroíout bearing BacÒ
away a ±itt±e From
î
the re±ease ±evers²
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