Tranny/clutch question
04-22-02, 05:56 PM
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Tranny/clutch question
I recently installed a new flywheel/clutch/press plate onto my motor while i was doing a motor swap.
this being my first FD tranny job, I asked some friends for re-instal advice. I was told by everyone I asked, that I needed to snap the press plate into the ring thing on the clutch fork, put the disk on the input shaft, and then bolt the tranny to motor, before bolting the press plate to the flywheel through the acess hole.
I followed this procedure EXACTLY, and ran into problems when the old press plate bolts from my centerforce flywheel wouldn't thread into my new RB flywheel. I pulled the tranny back off the motor and decided to buy new bolts and try again. the second time, i wanted to hurry a little and took a short cut. i bolted the press plate and clutch to the flywheel before bolting the trany to the motor. once everything was bolted up, i pivoted the clutch fork to make the ring snap into the press plate. i heard/felt a snap and proceded to install motor/tranny into car.
Now i have all of the people who gave me the advice saying that i need to drop the tranny and install the clutch the other way. besides loosing pressure to a leaking slave cylender, the clutch seems to be ok. when i bleed the line i get pressure in the pedal, when i put the car in gear and press the clutch, it rolls freely, when i release the clutch, the motor spins.
the car is not running yet, but it should be done this weekend, my question is: Do I need to drop my tranny and re-install the clutch, or is it possible to properly install a FD clutch the way i did it? i dont want to start the car untill i know that i have done it right, but i dont want to spend a whole day on my back dropping the tranny if i dont need to. has anybody installed a FD clutch succesfully the way i did mine?
Thanx, and sorry for the long Post
Roan
this being my first FD tranny job, I asked some friends for re-instal advice. I was told by everyone I asked, that I needed to snap the press plate into the ring thing on the clutch fork, put the disk on the input shaft, and then bolt the tranny to motor, before bolting the press plate to the flywheel through the acess hole.
I followed this procedure EXACTLY, and ran into problems when the old press plate bolts from my centerforce flywheel wouldn't thread into my new RB flywheel. I pulled the tranny back off the motor and decided to buy new bolts and try again. the second time, i wanted to hurry a little and took a short cut. i bolted the press plate and clutch to the flywheel before bolting the trany to the motor. once everything was bolted up, i pivoted the clutch fork to make the ring snap into the press plate. i heard/felt a snap and proceded to install motor/tranny into car.
Now i have all of the people who gave me the advice saying that i need to drop the tranny and install the clutch the other way. besides loosing pressure to a leaking slave cylender, the clutch seems to be ok. when i bleed the line i get pressure in the pedal, when i put the car in gear and press the clutch, it rolls freely, when i release the clutch, the motor spins.
the car is not running yet, but it should be done this weekend, my question is: Do I need to drop my tranny and re-install the clutch, or is it possible to properly install a FD clutch the way i did it? i dont want to start the car untill i know that i have done it right, but i dont want to spend a whole day on my back dropping the tranny if i dont need to. has anybody installed a FD clutch succesfully the way i did mine?
Thanx, and sorry for the long Post
Roan
04-23-02, 11:18 PM
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I did mine this way the last time I put mine in. Put the pilot bearing/seal in, put the flywheel on, put the clutch on and bolted it down and then installed the tranny. It worked fine except for the fact that when me and my brother put it back in we messed up the pilot bearing or the throwout bearing somehow I believe. It made a funny noise this is how I knew. I didn't have any more time for the car to be down so I said **** it and left it go.
At any rate I took my tranny out the other week because my car was royally screwed and wouldn't shift gears. Upon inspection there was some either broken pilot bearing or throwout bearing peices in there. Looked like little pins about a 1/4" long and there were only like one or two of them. I don't know what shape pilot bearing was in because my dad made a pilot bearing puller himself because we couldn't find one locally to rent/buy and pulled it out and I don't know where the old bearing is at the moment.
Other than being careful when putting it back together I would think as long as the clutch gets bolted to the flywheel either way it should work. Mine worked fine doing it this way except for my mistake.
At any rate I took my tranny out the other week because my car was royally screwed and wouldn't shift gears. Upon inspection there was some either broken pilot bearing or throwout bearing peices in there. Looked like little pins about a 1/4" long and there were only like one or two of them. I don't know what shape pilot bearing was in because my dad made a pilot bearing puller himself because we couldn't find one locally to rent/buy and pulled it out and I don't know where the old bearing is at the moment.
Other than being careful when putting it back together I would think as long as the clutch gets bolted to the flywheel either way it should work. Mine worked fine doing it this way except for my mistake.
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