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Old 11-05-2010, 10:33 AM
kendunn kendunn is offline
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Originally Posted by GMP View Post
Good job! All thats needed is to get the clutch slave to travel within its range. We did the same thing on a Husky TE450, stock clutch just screwed up at the factory with a short push rod. For shims, ball bearings work great if the size works out, so if 9mm is OK then 3 x 3mm balls, etc. Other than that, you can cut a piece from a steel rod, clean it up, heat it and quench it in oil to case harden it. Look in mcmaster.com.
I was thinking about a ball bearing, if my tests work I may take an 8mm ish ball bearing and put in there after grinding down my push rod about 5mm. I will get a chance tomorrow to hopefully ride and will keep posting anything I find that might help everyone out.
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