Hewland Clutch return spring?

[IDSRacing]

Anyone got a photo of a clutch return spring installed on their car? Can't work out exactly where it should go on our crossle 25.

Thanks in advance!
Ian

[teamwisconsin]

Ian, usually the bracket that the slave cylinder is bolted to has a hole drilled in it, off to one side where the pushrod goes through the bracket. The spring goes from the bracket and hooks around the VW lever arm that actuates the cross shaft.

Hope this helps.

[IDSRacing]

THanks Ethan!

[IDSRacing]

Is it possible that this transmission was run without a spring? I cant see anywhere obvious for the spring to go to.Also, I am really struggling to get enough lever arm actuation to disengage the clutch. Everything is new so it took a while to get the air out of the system. I'm wondering if the lever arm was put on wrong and should be rotated upwards more "at rest" on the shaft.

[teamwisconsin]

You don’t “need” the spring, it’s just good to keep the bobbin and t/o from sitting against the clutch fingers and spinning unnecessarily. But it’s not required for function. Does the car have the stock clutch or a race clutch? If it’s a race clutch, what color diaphragm spring is it? If it’s too stiff a diaphragm you need to reinforce the lever arm or it will flex. What size master are you running? Sometimes it’s a combination of too much free play with the wrong size master.The easy solution is just throw the whole shebang in the round file and go to an annular setup.

[IDSRacing]

Great questions Ethan. I don't have the answer for most of them right now, but I'm off to investigate!P.S. the master is 0.7

[IDSRacing]

Clutch is stock apparently. Master is 0.7.I tried moving the lever manually (well with another lever) but really didnt get any movement beyond taking up the slack. I have to admit Ive never tried to disengage a clutch manually. Should I be able to ?