As part of our annual MOT test they test the braking effort by sitting the
car on powered rollers and the rear limiter works perfectly despite the fact
the car it came off has been off the road for over ten years. I start the
stored car every few months and have a back lane I can drive it up and down
to free the brakes. My neighbours find this very 'entertaining' as most of
the exhaust has now dropped off with corrosion !! And it sounds more like a
WW 2 fighter. Fortunately they all like old Alfa`s.
As for my seized clutch on the Sprint. Last time I had this problem, when I
was restoring my now roadworthy Ti. I jacked up one front wheel kept the
clutch pedal depressed with some wooden blocks. Put it in gear and put a
large 1" socket on the hub nut and with the help of a scaffolding tube ,
got enough leverage to turn the hub and the clutch freed its self with a
bang and worked fine after that. This tip may be of use to other members of
the forum.
Its nice to have some correspondence in the forum. Has anyone else got
anything to say ?
Martin

From: "Graham&Joan Hilder" <graham.joan@...>
To: <sprintformation@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [sprintformation] Re: rear brake pressure limiter


> Good-o Martin. The seizing of clutches on stored Suds (and Nords) is a
> problem all right. And those rear brake pressure limiters also tend to
seize
> with lack of use! If the one you recovered from the stored car has seized,
> you'll find your rear brakes lock up too easily, as naturally the limiters
> seize in their relaxed, or non-limiting, position.
>
> Best rgds,
> Graham
> (Sprint, ti)
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