21st Cobra Nationals

[spookypt]

Tenrocca is it easier to pull engine out than drop the gearbox in your car? No hoist?

And why won't it disengage? I've just done the clutch on mine twice (a learning experience) so curious as to the issue your having....

[David Hodgson]

Andrew, put some guard covers on. You don't want to mark that alloy, I hear its a bugger to refinish.

[Tenrocca]

Originally Posted by spookypt

Tenrocca is it easier to pull engine out than drop the gearbox in your car? No hoist?

And why won't it disengage? I've just done the clutch on mine twice (a learning experience) so curious as to the issue your having....

Where it is has a plethora of hoists - but there is a cross member in the CR chassis that means you cant drop the gearbox.

My main issue with the clutch was I was using the wrong pilot bearing. The LS1 style which I was using fits further into the back of the crank and the gearbox input shaft wasnt actually extending into it. Broke 2 clutches before I realised the error. The second one is a Tex and they were able to rebuild the centre for me as it had popped out a spring.

Anyway I put it all back together but it didnt disengage at all. It is essentially the exact same clutch with a different pilot bearing. Assumed that maybe the input shaft was binding onto the new bearing, but when we pulled it out (again!) everything measured up fine. The pedal felt like it was fully disengaging the clutch, so stupidly didnt try and bleed the clutch before ripping it all out again. Just assumed I had stuffed something up on the install, as really nothing else had changed. Next step is a new slave and reinstall. Just need to run a few questions by the guy at Tex. who is very helpful.

[spookypt]

Oh interesting. Can you make the offending cross member removable (say as a future mod?)

This is what I have on mine which allows the GB to be dropped out pretty quick.

Strange you have bind. When I had my clutch issues (multiple removals) it was due to incorrect shimming of the TOB. What a pain in the ass that process is. A really agricultural system yet one used a lot in all the racer applications OS. One column of my hoist is covered in calculations trying to get my "thow's" correct. Not much chop for desk jockey like me.

Good luck with getting it all back together proper.

Spookpt