[DeTomaso] New Clutch Issues

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Did you replace the pilot bushing/bearing?


Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 4/5/2010 11:28 PM, JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/5/10 8:54:59 PM, seanmundy at hotmail.com writes:
>
> It has 3 springs.  Not sure what type they are.....
>
> OK- so its a sprung disc. Dunno- maybe the disc didn't like the new surface
> finish of the flywheel. If so, continued driving will smooth any slight
> roughness or fill in any small depressions. Stock iron flywheels get
> heat-treated in use, which can make extremely hard 'hot-spots' within the mass of the
> flywheel. If the guy doing the sufacing isn't paying attention, the grinding
> wheel will plane over the hard spots, polishing or burnishing them but not
> cutting the surface at those points, or cutting more on one side than
> another causing a degree of tilt. Such a flywheel will then cause chatter. A
> leaking rear main seal or ZF front seal can deposit a few drops of oil on the
> disc which is like a blotter as far as any fluid contamination. Extremely dirty
> hands can do it. Again, the heat of use often boils off the contaminates
> over time- if you can stand the chatter that long!
> Back when I was dirt-poor, I took contaminated clutch discs and brake pads,
> and stuck them in a basin of carbon-tetrachloride for a few minutes, then
> drip-dried them in the sun for a day. Those solvent-cleaned parts
> subsequently worked just fine. Note this last "is for entertainment purposes only. No
> recommendations are made etc, blah blah..." And depending on your place of
> residence, it may be impossible to get good chlorinated hydrocarbons for any
> sort of cleaning. There are other chatter causes, too. Good luck- J DeRyke
>
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