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Brent Mills 07-04-2003 10:41 PM

About an inch or so I guess. Haven't measured.

BT SNAKE 07-04-2003 10:46 PM

Brent,
I think it's possible to put a throw out bearing in bacwards. I think that will change the distance enough to make the difference. See if yiou can look at a reference then see where yours is.

Hersh:)

Brent Mills 07-04-2003 10:49 PM

The race of the throwout bearing was definately facing the fingers of the pressure plate.

Steve R 07-04-2003 10:50 PM

Brent,
My car has an internal slave, so I can't give you any travel info to compare. Hopefully some kind soul out there reading this could observe his fork's travel and chime in here so you would have a baseline of comparrison.:) :) :)
Steven
Howz aboudit guys? Brent's on the friggen ledge!

Jamo 07-04-2003 11:47 PM

Just so I can sleep at night, and just for sh!ts and giggles, why not bleed the basturd just to completely rule it out?

The buzzing could just be some strain associated with it not disengaging.

BTW, I'm not catching this...when you start it in gear and release the pedal, does it go?

Turk 07-04-2003 11:54 PM

Sounds like it is broke.

TURK

Steve R 07-04-2003 11:56 PM

Ron,
Do you mean to tell me you're not gonna get a wink of sleep till Brent replies? Damn, you ARE a big cuddley guy aint ya?
Steven

Jamo 07-04-2003 11:57 PM

Naw, I can sleep now...Turk figured it out.:JEKYLHYDE

Steve R 07-04-2003 11:59 PM

chit Turk, you don't fool around do ya?

Steve R 07-05-2003 12:04 AM

Hmmm, Turk and Jamo post at 10:54 and 10:57. Are you guys doing a sleep-over or something?....What a visual%/

decooney 07-05-2003 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brent Mills


...This has a strange buzz to it. I didn't let the clutch out, so maybe it's not really fully in gear or something. Not sure why that would be, as I left the linkage on the tranny when I pulled it and didn't adjust. I'm scared.
Brent,
is it possible the linkage rods were bumped when putting the trans back in, where it might be 1/2 way engaged into reverse or part way in another gear or something? Can you get it into reverse, move the car backwards a bit, and then go into 1st and move forwards, and then back to neutral again? I've seen two Toploaders get stuck 1/2 way into other gears and then cleared by using reverse and back out again. Make sure all linkage rods are definitely centered in neutral and start over... just another thought.

PatBuckley 07-05-2003 12:30 AM

Brent-

As I recall you had an issue with putting the clutch disc on backwards, didn't you?

How far did you go down that path in trying to make it work?

Also, as was asked, what happens when you release the clutch with the trans in gear and the engine running?

Pat

KobraKarl 07-05-2003 12:30 AM

Yust got back from watchin the kids blow up my back yard....yeef!

Brent ,I have had similar difficulties with my clutch, we are running the same engine and both use an external slave.... I have to get EVERY bit of travel out of my linkage possible. are your mechanical components as tight as they can be ? , I only leave about 1./8 of an inch of free play between my t/o and PP by adjusting my fork actuator rod.

KK

Brent Mills 07-05-2003 12:44 AM

Duane, they may have been bumped. Noticed the reverse linkage was moved into gear, but I pulled that lever to get it out of gear and then the shifter started working (essentialy locked out when that rod was not centered in neutral).

Pat, I did put that bass turd on backwords....How far did I go....Well, I jimmy'd with it for quite a while, tried to pull it in with the bolts, but didn't put too much pressure on it, as I figured it should just go if it was lined up. Assuming my take on "too much" pressure is not in line with what it would actually take to break something, what would I have broken?

Karl, I don't know how much play there is at this point. I'll have to check.

AZCobra 07-05-2003 02:26 AM

I am going to use the word Flump twice tomorrow --

Hersh will pull out these funky flumpy words every once in a while-- and the funny thing is -- You know what he means!

Hi Hersh-- See you in Phoenix when I'm back-- Hope all is well--

Best regards,

Jim

David Kee 07-05-2003 09:26 AM

Brent,
Did you check the bellhousing alignment? How about the length of the input shaft to make sure it can not bottom out on the back of the crank?

Scott S 07-05-2003 09:43 AM

Or the pilot bearing not set all the way in?

Good luck,

Scott S

Brent Mills 07-05-2003 09:56 AM

David, the engine builder checked and adjusted bellhousing alignment. Assuming that was done correctly. As for the lenght, I did not check it. Didn't even consider that it could be a problem.

Scott, the pilot bearing appeard to be in all the way...I recall it being flush with the flywheel mounting surface. As for good luck, I've had zero to this point, so.....Not counting on it now.

Brent Mills 07-05-2003 10:21 AM

By the way David, what would you suggest I do at this point?

David Kee 07-05-2003 10:42 AM

I hate to say it but I would take the transmission out and look at everything in the bellhousing very closely. There has to be something obviously wrong to give you this much trouble.
You had this setup in the car before you had the motor reworked right?


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