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Subject:Re: Clutch Release Shaft Removal
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:55:56 -0500

At 10:45 PM 2/19/2000 , Dana Morphew wrote:
>far, I can't manage to solve the puzzle of how to remove it.  How do I
>remove the r.s., so I can clean and relube the bushings and shaft?

I used (on the outside clutch actuating lever, which I assume is where
you're stuck) liquid wrench, then a two-jaw puller and cranked it up
somewhat, then a little heat and tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap
tap from the side with a hammer and drift until *pop*  up she comes.  Took
maybe five minutes of tapping.  After that the puller drew it off fairly
easily.

david
ps -- also look back a few weeks for Bulley's marvellous treatise on
unsticking things (elaborate version of tap tap tap tap)
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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