Clutch slave

The clutch slave caused us a bit of an issue. At first, the clutch fork was sat right back against the opening in the side of the bell housing. This just did not seem right. I have also read a lot about these slave cylinders and the fact the pushrod seems to be at a funny angle. 

This setup is all from Roadcraft, and I have been led to believe that early versions of these had problems with the pushrod binding, but this has been sorted out in these later versions. 

So, on investigation, the source of our issue seemed to be that the ball that holds the other end of the clutch fork inside the bell housing was the wrong length. Brian at Roadcraft kindly sent us an adjustable one that gives the result below

We screwed the new one in about 8mm further than the old one, and that had the effect of reducing the angle the arm was sat at so it no longer sits against the back of the bell housing. 

The slave cylinder does need to throw the arm quite a way forward to disengage the clutch, however, this is another one of he reasons we are testing the clutch and brake lines before the body is off.