Did you put the friction plate in the right way around? It is marked
with a specific flywheel side and clutch side. Don't know if putting
it in backwards would cause this failure, but maybe...
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Jim Davis <jamdav@woodward.com> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> In February I did a complete clutch replacement on my 74 TR6. I used
> the
> clutch kit from Clutch Masters, Sachs pressure plate, Borg & Beck
> friction
> disk, Toyota Land Cruiser throwout bearing. I even put in double
> shaft
> bearings and drilled the shaft and bolted the fork. Two days ago
> when
> pulling into my driveway the clutch failed. I took everything apart
> last
> night and found that the friction disk had totally separated from the
> inner
> plate. Has anyone had this happen? The clutch only has 1800 miles
> on it
> and it was working perfectly. I never "unload" the clutch or abuse
> it in
> any way.
>
> Jim Davis
> 1974 TR6
> Colorado
>
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