[s-cars] clutch failure

[dkpriebe at comcast.net]

Last week I had the shaft on the clutch master cylinder break, down at the
base. The replacement part appears to be of much higher quality than the
original. So hopefully it will last more than the 100K that the original did.
I've had fun with clutch master cylinders lately. The previous week I replaced
it in my 91 200tqa. Luckily not from a breaking shaft, but just starting to
stick.
Good luck.
Dave Priebe
Kenmore WA
91 200tqa his
95.5 S6 hers
66 MGB
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> Igor
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> FWIW if the master cylinder shaft broke somewhere in the middle, you MAY
> be able to just screw it together with one lengthy nut (if you could
> find one long enough to join the two ends together) or two nuts welded
> together.
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> I think Mike Platt did this fix and its still holding AFAIK.
>
> My shaft broke at the base of the cylinder leaving no thread to screw on
> to on one end.
>
> Also, I did not think of it at the time but I later thought of
> reinforcing the new but still cheeso/ flimsy shaft with additional nuts
> from the clevis to the base of the master cylinder for additional
> strength to never have this happen again.  It may be possible, but could
> be difficult since 'supposedly' there is some exacting measurement for
> the install.  But also; this measurement spec is impossible to achieve
> IME.
>
> HTH
>
> Bill m
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