clutch question: Slave push rod length?
It appears that the clutch slave cylinder push rod I have is too short. I'm unable to adjust the rod out enough to get to the recommended 2 7/8" distance from the cylinder mating surface to the bottom of the top nut on the rod. my truck is a '66 IIa. I know there are two pushrods (II/IIa and III) are these different lengths?
i too have a short pushrod
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I had a similar issue with my truck when i got it. I bled it, bled it, adjusted it, bled it,cursed it, cursed myself.
I felt like it was too short as well although it measured to spec. No matter what I did I couldn't get it to work. I cut a piece of all thread and used that a little longer, didn't really help either despite being longer.
I never fully resolved it except all i did was disassemble the slave cylinder and put in a new cup and bleed it out. Still wasn't very good and I frequently had to double push the clutch pedal.
That all being said, after I drove the truck for awhile it started to move the pedal up towards the middle of the stroke. I can only assume that there was air in that bastard somewhere as it has been fine for months. Quite a mystery and a pretty irritating one at that.