Re: [DML] Pigeon Forge or Bust
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Re: [DML] Pigeon Forge or Bust



What are you taking about with my name in it? Why am i your second 
choice?

Mark V


On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 04:32  PM, content22207 wrote:

> You fail to understand: even though they are vastly superior vehicles,
> a Mark V is my second choice (Pigeon Forge *IS* a DeLorean event).
>
> I've been closely examining the fit between my lastest victim -- er,
> clutch disc -- and the alignment tool. For the first 1/4"-1/2" it is
> indeed very possible to be in the splines yet still not fit 100%. Held
> up to the light, you can see that there's a surprising amount of
> wiggle room at that point. The tool easily replicates my twofold 
> problem:
> - Slight angle downwards
> - Slight misalignment, with too much pressure on one side of the 
> splines
> I think I've been relying too much on the bellhousing bolt holes. They
> are not a tight 10mm fit (only hold the transmission and engine
> together, not in alignment). With jacks at far ends of the engine and
> transmission, and loose fitting rods through the bellhousing, I am
> exerting too much downward pressure on the input shaft, and never
> recover as I pull it through (off to one side too, and never recover
> from that either). A 10 spline disc is strong enough to orient the
> input shaft without damaging itself. A 28 spline definitely is not.
>
> When installing a 10 spline transmission all you have to do is pay
> attention to torque on the mounting bolts. If it binds, resistance on
> a bolt will tell you when and where, allowing you to compensate on the
> opposite side. And as I said, the disc is not damaged in the process.
> A 28 spline can NOT do the same. There is absolutely no noticeable
> change in bolt resistance if it binds (trust me -- I've done it twice
> without realizing it).
>
> For the price of the damaged clutch discs I could have bought a proper
> transmission jack...
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
>> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dick Ryan <deloreanbiker@xxxx> wrote:
>> Perhaps you could enter your Lincoln in the show as
>> "modified" DeLorean.  It could be parked right
>> alonside the D-Rex.  Nah, bad idea.  Rich would
>> probably try to crush it.
>>
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