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 Posted: Sep 2, 2014 06:01PM
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This is also why you should never start a Mini (or ADO 16, Allegro, Metro etc) with your foot on the clutch - the thrusts are fed by leakage from the centre main bearing, not pressure fed, and starting the car with them loaded by depressing the clutch will wipe the residual oil film off before the engine has spun up any oil pressure.  Repeat a few times and the thrusts are knackered.

After 10 years and two daily driver minis... NOW I find this out.

Well, better late than never Alex, thanks.

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the trick  with the big clutch nuts is a good old fastion bike wrench   its cut from 1/8 steel so it fits  the small flats on the inner nut and the large size nut on the bike wrench is 15/16   

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I'm thinking the problem may be with the throwout stop nut adjustment.  Those are 15/16" nuts, right?  Space is very limited down there. I haven't been able to really tighten the throwout stop nut and the throwout lock nut.  Is there a special tool(s) needed to make this adjustment?

Just a pedal operator, a feeler gauge and regular wrenches.

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 Posted: Aug 31, 2014 04:25AM
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 remove and  check the end of the  clutch arm  the little ball on the  end  in the throw  bearing shaft gets smaller with use  and the pin it rides on can get worn. if there ok then  set up  for  the free throw clearance  ( to provide the clutch bearing with clearance so it does not spin all the time)  and  then set the  big nut one flat in, so you dont push to hard on the crank. 

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Sitting with your foot on the clutch for more than a few seconds is very bad practice and can, as Neil said, lead to trashed thrust washers or a damaged crank. 
This is also why you should never start a Mini (or ADO 16, Allegro, Metro etc) with your foot on the clutch - the thrusts are fed by leakage from the centre main bearing, not pressure fed, and starting the car with them loaded by depressing the clutch will wipe the residual oil film off before the engine has spun up any oil pressure.  Repeat a few times and the thrusts are knackered.

If the OP does indeed sit with his foot on the clutch for extended periods, the first place I would look is the release bearing and the second to check for endfloat in the crank.

 Posted: Aug 30, 2014 06:43PM
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I'm thinking the problem may be with the throwout stop nut adjustment.  Those are 15/16" nuts, right?  Space is very limited down there. I haven't been able to really tighten the throwout stop nut and the throwout lock nut.  Is there a special tool(s) needed to make this adjustment?

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Often, when this topic is described accompanied by the driving methodology you mention, one thing suggested is to select neutral and to take your foot off the clutch at stops. Unnecessary wear on clutch components and crank thrust washers occur when the pedal remains depressed for extended periods. 

Agree that adjustment should be checked/reset. Also check that the plunger is moving smoothly in the clutch cover...if it's binding at all it may not allow complete disengagement. And if pumping the pedal allows for better action but the creep returns if a few seconds, there may be a hydraulic issue in the clutch master or slave.

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 Posted: Aug 30, 2014 05:58PM
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Did you remove the old beer can, that had fallen behind the clutch pedal, stopping it from reaching the floor?

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Adjust your clutch as per the Haynes ( or similar ) manual.  Sometimes if you disconnect the return spring it's easier to feel for the free play and adjust the stop bolt.
Remember to make sure the large stop nut and lock nut are backed off on the end of the plunger.

 

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 Posted: Aug 30, 2014 04:50PM
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Sitting at a stop light today (on absolutely level ground) with the clutch in and the transmission in 1st gear... the car started to creep forward ever so slightly.  I took it out of gear and the creeping stopped.  Pushed it back into 1st (kinda hard to push it into gear) and the car starts to creep forward again.  I did this a couple more times before the light turned green and every time I pushed it into 1st (but also into 2nd) the car wanted to creep forward.  It's like the clutch wasn't disengaging completely, even with the pedal all the way to the floor.  So which adjustment is out?