I have just bought a '72 Triumph 2000 with a manual/od gearbox and at the weekend drove it back from Cornwall to Sussex without any problems. However, the
gearbox is very sticky and it needs a good shove to get it into gear (esp 1st and 2nd) and makes a graunching noise when put into reverse. The car was
subject to a £4000 !! rebuild in 1993 (everything was overhauled) and has done about 1,000 miles since. I suspect the problem is maybe gear
linkages or clutch adjustment.......or maybe the gearbox itself (the O/D works fine). Has anyone else had this problem ?. Could it be down to poor
lubrication/lack of use, or perhaps one of the above components may need to be replaced ?. Thansk. Paul.
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Posted By : Chris Taylor, 01-Dec-2005,
01:01pm
Sounds like the clutch is dragging, ie not fully releasing.
You could try bleeding the hydraulics, and perhaps replacing the seals in both master and slave cylinders.
If you are unlucky it might be a problem with the cross shaft in the bellhousing that carries the release bearing. That's a gearbox out job I'm afraid.
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Posted By : William Davies, 01-Dec-2005,
04:46pm
Hi Paul,
The clutch hydraulics can be difficult to bleed on the 2000 family, mainly because a fairly large bore pipe is used. I was succesful using an
Eezibleed, however with our similarly configured Dolomite 1500, I resorted to bleeding with the slave cylinder raised above the master, then threading
it back into the engine bay and bolting it in place.
The clutch release arm also has 3 positions so the amount of throw can be varied, the position closest to the shaft will give the heaviest clutch
action, together with the longest throw.
Keep your fingers crossed that the release shaft isn't broken......
Cheers,
Bill.
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Posted By : Jonathan Binnington,
01-Dec-2005, 05:36pm
Paul, sounds like the clutch is dragging, might want to try a 7/8" slave clinder instead of the usual 1", give fitchetts a ring and ask them about a
7/8" slave cylinder (I think from a landrover...)
j
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Posted By : Chris Taylor,
02-Dec-2005, 05:42pm
While changing the size of the slave cylinder would give you more travel to release the clutch, it should not be necessary if everything is set up
as it should be.
Can you contact the previous owner? Has this difficulty in chaning gear been there for a bit? There are some iffy clutches out there
(remanufactured) which may never release cleanly with a standard set up, but sadly you won't know any of this without taking the gearbox out and
seeing what's in the bellhousing.
It is worth bleeding the hydraulics though as a starter.
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Posted By : Paul Addison, 02-Dec-2005,
07:56pm
Many thanks to Jonathon, Bill and Chris for your advice on this. After examining the slave cylinder, decided to replace the seals and bleed through -
this has stopped the clutch snagging and made gear changing much easier. However, the gearbox was still a bit sticky so took out the lever and found
the ball joint very dry and quite badly worn. The linkages were fine though so a new lever has been ordered which when properly lubricated should cure
the problem. Thanks again for your help.