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clutch slave cylinder push rod retaining clip broken

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:01 pm
by BruceD
Hello everyone, have a defender emergency and am looking for parts and thought i'd try you guys and the forum.
My clutch issues are back so I was replacing the slave cylinder tonight and pulled the push rod to verify the clutch fork was okay.
Mistake.... I broke the plastic clutch fork to push rod retaining clip trying to reinstall.
Its land rover park 576723. I am wondering if I can actually get this from landrover here i Victoria, but im not hopeful.
Anyone have one on hand or know of one? Need her back on the road asap.
this is what the part looks like
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Anyone have advice on how to get the clip back onto the fork? I struggled for quite a while before i broke the clip.

Some searching on other forums seems to state I can run without the clip for now?
I have a TD5 with the 380 tranny.

Re: clutch slave cylinder push rod retaining clip broken

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:40 pm
by ANDYD
I wouldnt expect LR Victoria dealer to have these, although these are also used on the Discovery, I don't think they were ever big on selling manual gearbox Discos.
I would suggest giving Jeremy at Rocky Mountain a call and he can pop one in the mail for you to get in the next day or two. Maybe buy a couple so you have a back up (only around $5 each I believe).

Make sure you get the clip for the 4 cylinder clutch as the Land Rover V8 clutch clip I believe is different.

As far as getting them in place, I remember just putting one leg in first then gently pushing on the other leg with a screw driver until it clicks into place.

What gearbox / clutch do you have, my clip looked more like this one ....

Cheers,
Andy

Re: clutch slave cylinder push rod retaining clip broken

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:56 pm
by BruceD
i have a 380 tranny. With my clip, the ears are pointing the opposite way.
I have some coming for rocky mountain tomorrow, hopefully they are the right ones and i cant get it back together tomorrow. I bought extras just in case.......