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Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car, plus a spare shell
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 07:43 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Damn! I have been neglecting this thread. I took the car up to Wakefield park a few weeks ago. I decided to throw in the new Project Mu Club Racer pads and bed them in whilst I was bedding in my new shoulder joint.
I did a few slow laps and everything felt OK. I started to wind it up a bit and realised I was running high 1:08 laps without too much effort. I decided to 'drop the hammer'.
Unfortunately, my clutch slave cylinder's nickname is "Hammer" apparently. As I went to pull 4th on the run up the hill the clutch pedal went to the floor and stayed there. Limping back to the pits my Boys quickly told me something was dragging on the ground. Yep, there's your problem.
The clutch slave bolts had backed out of the bell housing and left the cylinder dragging on the ground. The last two threads of the bottom hole had been torn out. 7 Laps! I bolted it back in with some spare bolts and put it on the trailer.
It cost me $16 to have a new slave hard line made up at a local brake place.
Fast forward a few weeks and I have entered the Snowy Mountains 1000. Well at least I hope I have entered. I will hopefully get a confirmation email tomorrow. Entries opened at 7pm tonight, and were full at 7:40.