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Originally Posted by churchx
Isn't TOB in contact all the time (just that not pushing against leaf springs, when pedal not pressed)?
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It should not be. Permanent contact would ensure premature failure.
As illustrated in the video (and experienced by myself) the spring removal introduces ~1mm of play in the pedal. That play is important because it means there's no force acting against the TOB. Clutches that use a clutch cable have to have their play manually adjusted into them while hydraulic clutches are self adjusting on their play.
This is a pretty stout little spring and it's acting
against the pedal (trying to push it in) and
without any definitive evidence I surmise that it may be enough to be equivalent to someone resting their foot on the pedal and keeping the TOB in contact. There is NO WAY that removing the spring will have a negative impact on the life of the TOB - in fact it's the other way around. Considering how many people have premature TOB failures it's more likely that leaving it in is a possible culprit of those premature failures. Even if it's not - removing the spring is not a risk to your TOB
whatsoever.