early 911 clutch question

[TyFenn]

How tight/snug should the clutch fork be to the throw-out bearing?


My car is underneath my signature - 1970 (year(s) of the peculiar clutch).

I have a resurfaced flywheel and a new clutch. I don't remember how it was before I removed the two earlier. My guess is that, with the resurfaced flywheel I might need to shim the ball pin to get a better fit. Actually, now that I think about it (I'm at work now so bear with me) I might have to do the exact opposite (now that the flywheel has less material).

Any ideas on how tight the fork and the TO bearing should be...ideally? With too much space I could see the TO bearing spinning around and off the fork.

Thanks and I hope you're having a good summer.

[ckissick]

I can't really describe how tight it should feel. But the flywheel work you did probably won't matter much.

Just bolt the tranny to the engine, pull on the fork when you rotate the bearing 90 degrees, and then install the engine/tranny into the car. There will be some slop, but the key is to tighten it all up with the clutch cable, before you start the engine.

Only if the clutch cable is not used to tighten it all up, will the bearing have a chance to rotate out of place. Then, you'll have to drop the engine and rotate the bearing back into place. Ask me how I know this.