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Subject:Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
From:Neil
Date:Mon, 24 May 2021 13:15:14 -0700

Very interesting Alistair. Kind of a moot question, as answer seems
obvious, but did the lever crack where arm forms to circle?

It's unlikely but I may have a spare. I'll look today. But, I bet
someone here has a spare arm.

Glad you found the culprit.

Neil.

On 5/24/21, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I thought the spare was the same . Ended up making a spacer for the slave
> rod to make the new arm work.
>
> Yes, it was a diesel van arm. Clocks differently on the cross shaft.

> I crawled under the van and pulled the arm off. Came off way to easily. Yes,
> it’s cracked. So it had slipped on the splines. Hence the no clutch action.
>

-- 
Neil n

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