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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Simon,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Reading your previous post from 10,000 miles away it seemed the transmission wasn’t fully disengaging from the flywheel when you depressed the clutch. The hydraulic issues have been eliminated. Other possible area to check is the input shaft. Could it be binding in the Spigot Bush (pilot bearing on this side of the pond)? This is SWAG but is there any slop in the clutch lever bushings. Is the release bearing new and does it have the same dimensions as the previous one? Perhaps the additional thickness of a new clutch disc isn’t allowing it to fully disengage from the flywheel. Don’t take this the wrong way but was the wrong side of the disc towards the flywheel?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In a previous thread it was mentioned the two machined shoulder bolts should be at the 11:00AM and 5:30PM position. I checked the fit of the shoulder bolts against two bell housings I have and they fit snuggly. Did you fit and tighten these first?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck… Harold</p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">richard mayor via Healeys</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, September 26, 2021 9:56 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] New Clutch query</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>One more thing. Be sure to loosen all of the pressure plates bolts so that as you move the tool through its range of motion the clutch disc will move around easily as well.</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 7:42 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>To revert to the problem I’ve being having with my gearbox not wanting to reinstall to my new clutch……<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Bleeding it made no difference.. It was a forlorn hope as I was sure I’d not lost any fluid but miracles are always welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>The gearbox is on the workshop floor as is the new clutch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Before removing the new clutch I played around with the AH Spares plastic alignment tool and my spare shaft. Both went in without any trouble but I suppose they would have anyhow unless they’d been miles out?? The new clutch slides onto the shaft in the gearbox just as it should.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>See attached file……Seems to me that the old clutch was in pretty good shape and, with benefit of 20/20 hindsight, one might have left well alone! It’s been in there for 27 years that I know of. There were/are a few discrepancies between the old and new clutches. See attached. I don’t think these would matter????<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Are there any obvious steps that I might have missed? Obvious, but, seemingly, not to me!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>I haven’t taken out the flywheel. Didn’t see why? It’s in; it’s straight/vertical and works.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>People state a preference for alignment with a spare shaft rather than the black plastic tool. I can see that the metal shaft might be somewhat more precise, but harder to use surely? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>I’m reluctant to reinstall and just repeat the whole sorry process….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Any suggestion?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/boyracer466@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/boyracer466@gmail.com</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>