Triumph Repair: spit fire clutch, clutch pedal, clutch kit

Question
peadde dose not diiengage clutch   replaced clutch kit slave & master  blead  1pint threw 1/2 in play in peddel

Answer
Hi Jeff,
Does the pedal feel firm to push as soon as you start to depress it? Has the car been setting for a long time?
If "Yes" to both questions, then it sounds like a stuck disk to the pressure plate or flywheel. I found when I get a car like that I first put the car in 4th gear, brake off and have someone sit in the car and hold the clutch pedal to the floor. I then rock the car forward and backward as hard as I can for a minute or two. Some brake loose like that. If not I had a method that worked in about 50% of the times. It requires a little driving skill and the proper place to try it. (a long straight road with little traffic and no stop signs or stop lights for several miles. I set the car aimed down the road and start the engine and warmed it up and shut it down and put it in 1st gear and start the engine. I then speed up to a good RPM and level off and pull it into neutral and set the RPM to about the speed that is correct for second gear at that speed and pull it into 2nd gear and repeat the process in 3rd and in 4th gear. I then speed up to 3500 RPM and hold the clutch pedal to the floor and open and close the throttle harshly several times. About 50% of the time I would get the clutch to break loose.

The reason for 4th gear is that it is when the max load is on a clutch and the reason for 3500 RPM is that is the max torque of the engine.

If that didn't do it I had to remove the transmission to take the clutch apart.

If you did not have a firm clutch pedal at first you probably still have air in the system and need to correct the bleeding process.
Howard