bent and snapped t5 clutch fork

[Zuicider]

i pulled out my box after i thought i dropped the clutch but the thing is i bent and cracked the clutch fork. i have knocked it back so the cracks line up and are closed. is it possible to weld it up and reuse it? its gonna be a bitch to find another clutch fork.

[Boonz]

i had the same problem with my VP, i had to weld a reinforcment bracket onto the fork to stop it from bending again

[Zuicider]

thaks mate will do that tonight and then the vn will live again with greenies tune toot toot

[Boonz]

make sure you mig weld it and use stainless steel for the reinfocment

[Zuicider]

damn dont have the stainless wire only the mig with gasless mild should be alright but with enough deep penetrating mild

[Morton]

Oh wow, snapping the clutch fork. That's kinda extreme I hope I never encounter that problem!!!

Any idea what caused the breakage? Just general stress I'm guessing?

[savage1987]

Paul's incredibly superior leg

[Morton]

left-foot braking, and using that third "superior" leg for the clutch? hahaha

[Zuicider]

stress and maybe the fact the ball that acts like a fulcrum was 10mm outa wack fricken mechanics

[Morton]

oh wow, how so? Was it pushing the clutch fork too far forward?

[Boonz]

when the fulcrum ball is too far out it makes the thrust bearing engage earlier so when your foot is flat on the pedal it just bends whatever is weakest

i snapped my clutch cable first, so i put a new one on and then my fork bent waaaaaaaaaaaay out of whack so i bent it back straight and reinforced it.

then took the clutch out, threw it in the bin and put a ceramic one in and adjusted the fulcrum ball about 5 times to get the pedal feeling right and the fork doing what it should, where it should

[Morton]

Interesting.

When the clutch is at rest, and the fork is not being pulled, should the thrust bearing be resting nicely against the pressure plate diaphragm?

If someone could possibly draw or roughly ms paint a diagram of the ideal setup, that would be awesome

[Boonz]

should be just not touching the diaphragm. like a piece of paper would just fit inbetween

[Morton]

Which one of these would be most correct?

1) ball out a long way, cable end all the way back
2) ball back a little, cable adjusted to pull tight and compensate
3) ball back a lot, but I know this one is completely wrong, you don't get enough clutch throw

So it's kinda between 1 and 2.

Okay, I'm phrasing this badly

Ummm... basically, is the idea that you have the cable end of the clutch fork as far back against the end of the housing cutout as you can, like in pic 1?

[Zuicider]

got a v8 stato gregories available?

[Haydz]

i would also like to know the perfect setup as i think mine is far from perfect and would prefer to set it up correctly

im pretty sure the exedy catalogue thing included something about this

[Zuicider]

the excedy manual said from the top of the ball to the face of the bell housing it should be 102mm for v6 and 105mm for v8