No return spring for the hydraulic clutch set up and yes it is normal for
the release bearing to always be in contact with the pressure plate.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Jensen
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:49 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: return mechanism for throwout fork?

My (perhaps faulty) recollection is that there is a spring on the lever arm
outside the housing.  I was looking at some images I googled and I did find
a drawing that showed a spring.

John Jensen
johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com
http://www.johnjensenartist.com
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On 8/5/2011 7:14 PM, Mike South wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am about to put a rebuilt transmission into my van.  I put a new
> throwout bearing on the fork, and was looking to make sure everything
> looked right and it made me wonder if there is supposed to be a return
> spring of some sort?
>
> I don't see anything on the diagram on 30.2 in the Bentley.  Does the
> slave cylinder thing pull as well as push?
>
> (sorry for the total newbie question)
>
> mike
>
>