Brake / clutch

[AirtekHVAC]

Ok..this is weird...since I redid the brakes, and now, today, put in 1 of my axles...I decided to run her through the gears with the motor running...put it in gear, and the wheels would not turn...gave it gas, and still nothing.... ( remember, she is still on lift bars). The motor did not bog down , or anything.....I thought that perhaps the parking brake shoes might be hanging. Pulled up on the parking brake handle, the wheels start turning, lower it, and the wheels stop again...WTF?

Any ideas?

Looks like I have a parking brake issue, and a clutch issue? Perhaps need to do more bleeding? I'm confused!

[medipedicman]

Ron
The clutch and the gearbox work much differently under load than on stands. The 79 could get 5th on stands but would not hold it under load with wheels on the ground.

Did you pull the driverside rear wheel to check it out the e brake?

The double disc clutch is a royal pain. I have mine on a bench right now just waiting to remove the flywheel and have all of it re surfaced at the same time.

Keep us posted

[Pete R]

You probably don't have an lsd so maybe only 1 wheel was turning and you didn't see it, when you pulled the brakes it switched which wheel was spinning. Otherwise if your car was in gear and NO wheels turned something is horribly wrong in the driveline. Bleeding won't help, if there was air, it would keep your clutch engaged not disengaged.

[Niles]

Originally Posted by AirtekHVAC

Ok..this is weird...since I redid the brakes, and now, today, put in 1 of my axles...

Ron, do I understand correctly that you only have one axle installed? That would explain it.

[AirtekHVAC]

Ok...a little more detail is in order.....

I do not think I have LSD....

BEFORE I touched anything, I could run through all gears, on lift bars, and watch the wheels spin. Clutch would engage, and I could push the brake pedal and make them stop, and the car would shut off, unless I gave more gas or pushed in the clutch.

I changed the clutch master and blue hose, and bled everything, and tested, and it operated as expected. I then removed the rear rotors, replaced the parking shoes and springs, and took out the passenger side axle. Put the axle back in last night, and decided to test, with the results I posted about .

Perhaps I did change up some dynamics, and did not see that only the passenger side was spinning. When I pull the parking brake up, drivers side spins. I'll have to angle a mirror, or get the wife to look at the pass side tonight.