Brian Totty writes \
\I'm going to try to flip the disk around, but I'm a bit nervous about that
\because I'm pretty sure I followed my Bentley & Haynes manuals to the letter
\about the orientation of the disk. I'm also going to replace all the clutch
\components this time, instead of just the disk.
Whoa! Slow down! Have you tried to DRIVE the car yet? Several times I have
changed a clutch and found that it did not disengage when I tested it by hand
in the garage, only to find out it was OK.
This happened most recently on a '67 Nova. I subdued the urge to panic and
tear the tranny back out. I had bought all the stuff together, so I figured it
was a minor problem that would wear in. The clutch did slip when under power
(and foot on pedal), but it was hard to shift and impossible to get it into
first when the engine was idling and the car was stopped. I drove it around
for a while. When I got stopped in neutral, I just turned off the motor,
dropped it into first and started it up.
Everything straightened out in about two hours of driving. Worked fine after
that.
So DRIVE the car before you panic. If you are wrong, you can still take it all
apart again anyway.
Phil Ethier, THE RIGHT LINE, 672 Orleans Street, Saint Paul, MN 55107-2676
h (612) 224-3105 w (612) 298-5324 phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
"The workingman's GT-40" - Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman
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