Clutch emergency!
#12
I'm thinking I should consider myself immensely fortunate (runs around... touches wood repeatedly) that neither has been an issue.... and I'm at 141K miles.
I will keep a close eye on things though to be sure... especially now that most of my driving is "city" in nature.
I will keep a close eye on things though to be sure... especially now that most of my driving is "city" in nature.
Now, on to more pressing things...
I am going to attempt to FIX this Trunnion... procured, at no small expense, Devcon 2 TON Epoxy. Seems pretty major league heavy duty... and let me reiterate... NOT CHEAP.
Stay tuned!
#13
Well... the epoxy FAILED... and not so much because of what it is... but moreso that the tight quarters up there disallowed the best access and I'm pretty sure the matching halves of the trunnion were not mated up properly.
Onward.... I will be making up SOMETHING to replace this silly P.O.S. as I refuse to hork up the money and go through the contortions of replacing the entire master cylinder for what appears to be a 50 cent piece of plastic.....
Onward.... I will be making up SOMETHING to replace this silly P.O.S. as I refuse to hork up the money and go through the contortions of replacing the entire master cylinder for what appears to be a 50 cent piece of plastic.....
#15
I'm thinking along the same lines. Actually, was going to attempt aluminum.... as it's a little easier to... "machine" with rudimentary garage tools (belt sander, drills, etc.). I did the epoxy trick to the plastic part again... this time OUT of the car.... and it seems much more robust... I will attempt to re-drill the pushrod hole and re-install.... but will be fabricating a metal unit as... well... I feel that's the best way to go.
#16
OK, enough what that plastic thing... it's a "miracle" plastic... which means NOTHING sticks to it so....
Plan B ended up being to fabricate something more robust. Went to a bunch of different places looking for an alternative... and found THIS thing:
Yes... a doorstop. Got it at Home Depot. Surprisingly, it's BRASS. So, you can kinds see where I'm going here:
Pop it apart and HEY! This looks very promising indeed:
Let the chopping begin:
All this was done with and angle grinder and a drill. 1/2" diameter for the large through hole and 19/32 for the pushrod hole. That I kinda wriggled the bit in there to get it large enough to fit over the knurling on the pushrod shaft but with a slight interference fit. I used the 2 ton epoxy to affix the trunnion to the pushrod once I was happy with the way it all was working.
Basically, make it match the original POS that comes out in two pieces. It functions PERFECTLY. In fact.... once I got to driving the car, it was immediately obvious some of the "symptoms" I was having prior to the trunnion breaking. 5th gear was getting very clunky. I kinda attributed that to age / mileage... but with the new trunnion... it's shifting perfectly once again.
Hopefully, this wee write-up may help others in the future to fix this issue.
Plan B ended up being to fabricate something more robust. Went to a bunch of different places looking for an alternative... and found THIS thing:
Yes... a doorstop. Got it at Home Depot. Surprisingly, it's BRASS. So, you can kinds see where I'm going here:
Pop it apart and HEY! This looks very promising indeed:
Let the chopping begin:
All this was done with and angle grinder and a drill. 1/2" diameter for the large through hole and 19/32 for the pushrod hole. That I kinda wriggled the bit in there to get it large enough to fit over the knurling on the pushrod shaft but with a slight interference fit. I used the 2 ton epoxy to affix the trunnion to the pushrod once I was happy with the way it all was working.
Basically, make it match the original POS that comes out in two pieces. It functions PERFECTLY. In fact.... once I got to driving the car, it was immediately obvious some of the "symptoms" I was having prior to the trunnion breaking. 5th gear was getting very clunky. I kinda attributed that to age / mileage... but with the new trunnion... it's shifting perfectly once again.
Hopefully, this wee write-up may help others in the future to fix this issue.