OK, I hate to admit this but my father and I put the plate in backwards
on my first Roadster back in 1991 or thereabouts. It all went back
together, but the clutch plate's hub hit the bolts on the flywheel. By
the time we got mine apart all but one of the springs in the clutch
disk had broken out, and the flywheel bolts were noticeably scarred.
--- Charlie <cehubbard@home.com> wrote:
> I just finished rebuilding the engine in my 64 1500. Unfortunately,
> my first
> test drive has shown that there is a problem with the clutch. The
> tranny
> grinds in every gear including 1st. This is all from a stopped
> position in
> idle with the clutch all the way in. The front shaft still spins even
> when
> stopped with the clutch in. The slave travel is well within the .6 =
> .8 inch
> tolerance. The hydraulics hold pressure and the pilot bushing is new
> and
> lubricated. You can slow the spin down by pulling the stick back
> toward 2nd
> gear and quickly pushing it into first. I think that this simply uses
> the
> 2nd gear synchro to slow the shaft down.
>
> When driving the car, I can ease it into gears by using the throttle
> to
> synchronize the gear speeds. Otherwise...ggggrrrrriiinnnndddd. :o(
>
> Putting the clutch in takes all power off the drive train but the
> clutch is
> not separating completely from the plates. I think that the clutch
> plate is
> either warped or that the rebuilder muffed it. Has anyone experienced
> this
> before. BTW, I did put a light coat of grease on the shaft to allow
> the
> clutch free play between the pressure plate and the flywheel. Does
> anyone
> think that this could be the problem. Someone suggested that I may
> have put
> the thing in backwards. I may have but seriously doubt it. Oh well,
> better
> get ready to pull the engine again.
>
> To top it all off, the new rear main seal still drips oil in
> quantity. A
> mechanic friend of mine suggested that partially rotate the seal
> halves so
> that the cuts are offset from the joint where the cap joins the
> block.
> Anyone ever try that?
>
> Charlie Hubbard
> 1964 SPL310
> Flower Mound, Texas
> http://members.home.net/cehubbard/tdroc/
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