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Re: 78 Clutch replacement

To: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 78 Clutch replacement
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 23:48:00 -0500
At 10:53 PM 11/6/01 , Dave Chu wrote:
>The car is finally (almost) back together.  I connected the electricals and
>tested the gearbox while the car was still on jack stands.  It did make
>a lot of distressing noises with the wheels spinning in the air while I
>was going throught the gears.  

This can be a bit rough on the swing axle U-joints because the
axles are at the maximum downwards angle.  Probably taking off the
wheels would reduce the stress (and hazard).

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

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