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Home made Adjustable Master Cyl.

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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 06:11 AM
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Home made Adjustable Master Cyl.

After installing a RAM Powergrip clutch with aluminum flywheel I ran into a problem with the clutch not properly disengaging.
It was very hard to get in first gear unless the car was moving.
After doing a search I found a very old thread regarding the modification of an OEM master to turn it into an adjustable master instead of buying the Mcleod one and decided to give it a shot.

I began with a brand new master from Thepartsladi and disassembled it:

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Then I measured the actuator shaft tolal length as a reference. It turned out to be 7.540" I wanted to modify it in order to obtain +/- 1/4" adjustability

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After that I removed the eyelet part of the shaft from the ball end (It is a two part shaft crimped together) and cut the eyelet off the original shaft leaving about 1/4" round material after where it turns into a square shape. I threaded it with a 3/8" die as far as it would go. Used a coupling nut and a jam nut to connect it with a 3/8" x 6" bolt. This bolt will become part of the main shaft after cutting the head off and drilling a 1/4" hole about 1 1/4"deep on the remaining stub. The ball end part of the original shaft was inserted and epoxied with JB weld to this adjustable half of the shaft

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This is the finished actuating shaft assembled:

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And this the finished MC:

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Now I can adjust my clutch disengagement point all over the place. It really worked for me.

Last edited by Ricardo; Nov 18, 2009 at 06:14 AM.
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