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.
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 >> >> |
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