This takes me back to a discussion I had some time back with Spanner Juggler, on the system used by Ford at the time which seemed to have a spring mechanism in the pedal assembly to maintain pressure on the clutch release bearing...? Such a set up for those ol..err..mature enough to remember carbon faced release bearings, as fitted to older Morgans and others.. is quite the last thing one might wish for as the carbon would wear out in jig time, requiring the gearbox to be removed to replace the bearing..?

Back to the discussion with SJ, at the time, I imagined that such was the increase in traffic jams that more and more folk were inclined to inadvertently maintaining light pressure on the clutch pedal in stop go traffic, thus wearing out excess numbers of release bearings which may have caused a re think on design to a bearing capable of running for if not longer periods of time, perhaps constantly, and thus solving the possible issue...?

On old m/cycles it was ever best practice to have circa 1/8th inch play at the lever end of the clutch cable to minimise wear on the release system..?

As ever more than happy to be corrected in any mistakes I have made in the above... or anything else... (-: