Bruce:
1. No special precautions. Use a seal puller to pull the seal
out, do not use a chisel as my DPO apparently did.
2. This is why all British cars leak. The gasket technology used
assumes extreme precision in the planarity and finish of the mating
surfaces, something that was never achieved in practice. Use sealant on
both sides of these gaskets, otherwise they will leak FOREVER.
3. Permatex Hylomar for paper gaskets.
4. This is very important. Make certain that:
A. There is no galling or gouging on the front cover.
Polish using emery cloth to eliminate any defects.
B. There can be no sharp edges on the leading edge of
the front cover. Radius the outer front edge using emery cloth as well.
This will prevent the front cover from digging in on the inside of the
bearing sleeve when the clutch is released.
C. Radius the inner trailing edge of the throw out
bearing sleeve using emery cloth. The goal is to make sure that the
sleeve cannot dig in on the front cover as you are releasing the clutch.
B & C together are important if you are to avoid the "sticky clutch
syndrome".
D. Use a SMALL amount of copper slip or some other high
temp grease on the front cover. If you use too much, it will end up on
the clutch disk which will slip.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bruce Moxon
Sent: October 24, 2005 11:33 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Transmission/clutch work
First time removing transmission to replace the throwout bearing and try
to
eliminate (minimize) the leaks. The obvious seepage is coming from the
front
seal and selector shafts. Have a couple of questions:
1) any precautions/recommendations for removing the top cover to replace
the
shaft seals? Welch plug?
2) the paper gaskets from TRF seem kind of flimsey. That's it?
3) what kind of gasket sealant should I use?
4) should I use antisieze compund on the throw bearing and sleeve for
lubrication?
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