1500 Clutch problem.

[Richard the old one]

Recently I have had to replace the clutch on one of my 1500 dolomites. When I did this I discovered why the clutch operation has not felt quite right for some time. The clutch arm release fulcrum pin had dropped out. I believe this is a known problem. The tolerance ring becomes worn or weak and this allows the original designed parallel pin to drop out.<br>
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To prevent the problem reoccuring there is an alternative pin part number %%WORD54%'13 which has a lip or cap on one end that will stops the pin dropping out if it is fitted from above.<br>
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I now intend to fit the alternative pin when I have to undertake any further clutch changes as this is the second car that I have had this problem.<br>
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I hope that this information will be of use to fellow 1500 owners.<br>


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[Richard the old one]

For some reason the part number did not come up correctly on the original notice. It should have read ULC2713.

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[retro baz]

i was always told that if the pin comes out you should put an old exhaust valve in. its the perfect size and its got a lip on it!!!<br>


<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub52.ezboard.com/bthetriumphdol ... obaz>retro baz</A> at: 14/3/04 12:02 am<br></i>

[nick1854]

I got stung badly with this with my car. I needed the clutch replacing and didn't feel confident enough to do the job myself so got someone else to have a go.......and then someone else after they'd botched it........loads of money later (and after being recovered by the RAC after one attempt) they "fixed it". I have since done the job myself and when I had the bits in my hands I could see it was to with the release arm pin. This isn't rocket science. Why is it that people say they can do things that they can't? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :evil --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /devil.gif ALT=":evil"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Another lesson (re)learnt!

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