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Re: clutch noise

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: clutch noise
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:44:58 -0400
At 10:14 PM 4/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:


>The other problem may be the bushing between the input shaft and the main
>shaft.that seems to be a weak spot on the spitfire transmissions.

This sort of noise should disappear when you push the clutch pedal, since
the input shaft will stop spinning.  I had a noisy input bearing last
year.  I could hear a swishing, rumbling sound that would stop
when the clutch was disengaged.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit 

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