[Tigers] New Clutch Adjustment (Help/Advice Needed)

[Cullen McCann]

Ford units are definitely that way...cannot put the disc in backwards, the
spring housing will hit the flywheel by a 1/4" or so before the disc ever
lays flat...so it would be obviously incorrect.


I don't think it's possible.  There is a hub on the disc that would prevent
this possibility, if I remember correctly.  M





Jul 30, 2010 11:34:08 AM, atwittsend at verizon.net wrote:

Tony,
  Is it even possible to put the disc in backwards??? I don't know, that is 
why I'm asking. I'm not looking at a Ford unit, but it seems likely that the

hub center would hit the flywheel near the pilot hole. Or, I'm thinking that

it might not even be possible to bolt on the pressure plate if the 
cushioning spring section is hitting the flywheel before the lining.

Years ago I broke a pressure plate bolt on my Daganham (4 Sp.) Ranchero even

with the disc in correctly.  It didn't take much to break the bolt given the

forces involved from the plate.  So, I'm thinking that just about any 
obstruction (reversed disc) would have been obvious in assembly. But, like I

said, I'm not looking at a Ford unit and am only visualizing a generic 
flywheel, disc, pressure plate setup.
Tom