Nope! That spring is only for the cable operated lever as used on bay window
busses.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: return mechanism for throw-out fork?

Yes there is a spring on the lever arm as you thought John. Can be seen here
in this tinyurl link to online parts cat.

http://tinyurl.com/3j4sxzd

alistair

On 2011-08-06, at 6:25 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> No return spring for the hydraulic clutch set up and yes it is normal
> for the release bearing to always be in contact with the pressure plate.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of John Jensen
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:49 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: return mechanism for throwout fork?
>
> My (perhaps faulty) recollection is that there is a spring on the
> lever arm outside the housing.  I was looking at some images I googled
> and I did find a drawing that showed a spring.
>
> John Jensen
> johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com
> http://www.johnjensenartist.com
> bluesbug@verizon.net
>
>
> On 8/5/2011 7:14 PM, Mike South wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am about to put a rebuilt transmission into my van.  I put a new
>> throwout bearing on the fork, and was looking to make sure everything
>> looked right and it made me wonder if there is supposed to be a
>> return spring of some sort?
>>
>> I don't see anything on the diagram on 30.2 in the Bentley.  Does the
>> slave cylinder thing pull as well as push?
>>
>> (sorry for the total newbie question)
>>
>> mike
>>
>>