[Healeys] Clutch Judder Continued

[bighealey3k at aim.com]

John,  You should check the condition of your forward main engine mounts too,
unless you've already done that.  The upper or horizontal small pads shouldn't
be resting on the frame brackets for the vertical mounts.  The upper pads come
into play in high torque situations or if the main mounts fail.  If the upper
pads are resting on the frame mount brackets, the main engine mounts maybe
starting to fail or tired from holding up that cast iron lump under the hood
(bonnet) :-).  I found this on a friends '62 Tri Carb and when the mounts were
taken off, the rubber blocks were trapezoidal instead of rectangular looking
at them from the side.  Maybe the tail shaft thrashing about had something to
do with your angle drive failing.  Just a thought.

Larry
'67 BJ8






-----Original Message-----
From: John Soderling <bighealey at astound.net>
To: Healey list <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:24 pm
Subject: [Healeys] Clutch Judder Continued


I have also had some annoying clutch judder when starting out in 2nd gear.  I
ssumed it was due to a little oil on the clutch plate since Erika doesn't
ave a rear seal.  With the transmission cover off for the slave cylinder
ork, I also noticed that my rubber transmission mounts had pretty much
isintegrated and were the consistency of firm Jell-O.  So I replaced them and
uess what.  Presto, the clutch judder was gone!  I guess the tranny and
lutch/engine shafts were slightly out of align due to the failed tranny
ounts.  So if you have some clutch judder, check the condition of your
ransmission mounts as one possible cause.
The moral of the story is that loosing my clutch hydraulics was really a
lessing in disguise!
Vrooom vrooom,
ohn
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