I asked a local british gearbox rebuilder for an old throw-away input
shaft. I got it for nothing and it is the *perfect* clutch alignment tool!
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>; tsherman@tecinfo.com
<tsherman@tecinfo.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: clutch alignment tool
>I guess it's because I seldom have a car long enough to replace the
>clutch twice, but I've never bought a clutch alignment tool.
>
>I use either a 3/8" or 1/2" socket extension. (Some people use a
>sawed-off broom stick handle.) Wrap electrical tape around it in two
>spots - where the end plugs into the spigot bushing, and where the tool
>passes through the clutch disk. Use enough for a snug fit. Use your
>eyeballs to make sure you're really centered. (If you have to use too
>much tape you'll get a mushy alignment.) Always throw out the clutch
>once before turning the motor over. This way the input shaft finalizes
>the centering of the clutch disc before you have a chance to bust
>anything by twisting it while a smidge off center.
>
>Frankly, a bona-fide clutch alignment tool is better, but this works in
>a pinch, and it's one of those grapes-of-wrath things that I've gotten
>so used to, I just never bother to do anything different.
>
>Matt Kulka
>'74 B
>
>
>>>> Tyson Sherman <tsherman@tecinfo.com> 06/23/98 10:58pm >>>
>Is it necessary to have the clutch alignment tool to reinstall the
>clutch onto the flywheel? I have a feeling I might be putting my engine
>back together next week so I'd need to get the (very cheap - about $4)
>part here before then. The machine shop removed my rounded-off bolt
>free of charge, and my parts arrived, so getting my 76 B back on the
>road is starting to be a reality. Next...72 Midget time!!
>
>--
>Tyson Sherman
>http://www.tecinfo.com/~tsherman
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