06-25-2019, 01:11 AM
Yes, I mean the J18 Sport model, not the ones with the 'stickers'.
I understand what you mean by the sheer amount of use over the time involved but and the failure but it still could have been designed a bit better
IMHO but no sense in griping about that now.
I have just seen many people in the process of diagnosing and attempt at repair that this part is often overlooked as part of the problem.
They don't think ti look under the dash and never see it is bent/torn.
I know one person on another board that was trying to sell his Sport and almost giving it away for this problem because of sheer frustration
in never getting the clutch to work. The vehicle was in good shape and after we fixed this problem he got almost double what he was asking for.
I've repaired and welded up at least 2 of these arms for people to get them back working. We got a brass bushing from the local hardware store
instead of #25 in the diagram, (had to make the hole a little larger to fit) and greased it and good to go.
I understand what you mean by the sheer amount of use over the time involved but and the failure but it still could have been designed a bit better
IMHO but no sense in griping about that now.
I have just seen many people in the process of diagnosing and attempt at repair that this part is often overlooked as part of the problem.
They don't think ti look under the dash and never see it is bent/torn.
I know one person on another board that was trying to sell his Sport and almost giving it away for this problem because of sheer frustration
in never getting the clutch to work. The vehicle was in good shape and after we fixed this problem he got almost double what he was asking for.
I've repaired and welded up at least 2 of these arms for people to get them back working. We got a brass bushing from the local hardware store
instead of #25 in the diagram, (had to make the hole a little larger to fit) and greased it and good to go.