Re: [DMCForum] Clutch woes

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nope, I know I did not do this last time. 

Shoot, that's a lot of work and frustration for such a stupid little
mistake. Oh well! Next time I'll know better. And I get to replace
some clutch linkage parts while I'm under there, should make shifting
smooth as butter (it was smooth before, but not perfect; I found some
linkage parts not in the best condition and am ordering new).

Thanks; I'll let everyone know when I get this back together.

-Ryan

On 6/15/05, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Once you start putting it all back together, you will
> remember if you did it right last time (based on the
> behavior)..
> 
> As you tighten the pressure plate to flywheel bolts,
> the fingers on the plate start to move.  As the
> fingers on one side start to move, you need to move on
> to another bolt (try to keep the fingers even around
> the plate).  Keep criss-crossing a few turns on each
> bolt until the plate is tight against the flywheel.
> 
> --- Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Marc, you are the man.
> >
> > My flywheel is 0.750 inches thick from front to back
> > on the outer
> > ring. The difference between the inner and outer
> > rings - as best as I
> > can measure with the little end rod on this caliper
> > - is ~0.020
> > inches. Which, funny enough, ends up being about
> > 0.50mm. Sweet! I
> > think that means there's nothing wrong with my
> > flywheel.
> >
> > OK, so here's my plan of action, please clarify if
> > I'm wrong:
> >
> > - Light sandpaper to the flywheel & pressure plate.
> > - Bolt it back together, use loc-tite on the
> > pressure plate bolts
> > - Keep tightening the pressure plate until it's
> > solid up against the
> > "pegs" on the flywheel
> >
> > Then put the rest back together and pray. I think
> > the pressure plate
> > not being as tight as it should be was the problem.
> > I mean, the bolts
> > were tight when I took it off, but since this is the
> > first time I
> > remember hearing, "keep tightening until..", I can
> > only assume I
> > didn't do this properly last fall.
> >
> > Hopefully this fixes it. If not, well, I can pull a
> > transmission in
> > only a few hours now - with much of that time spent
> > carefully getting
> > the car up onto four tall jack stands, taking my
> > time so as not to
> > kill myself attempting something so foolish. With a
> > proper lift & my
> > tools handy I think I could pull a tranny in an hour
> > assuming no
> > unexpected problems like siezed bolts, etc. (Oh, and
> > that time doesn't
> > include those rotten metal shields. I left those
> > off. They were hell
> > getting off, virtually impossible to get on, not
> > incredibly useful
> > that I know of, so they're sitting in a box for the
> > rest of eternity.)
> >
> > -Ryan
> >
> >
> 
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