throwout arm Q?

[JayDarden]

I am in the middle of a clutch change, and I have a sub-frame that only lets the transaxle slide 6 inches back.

My first question: how do i get the fork loose so that the T.O. bearing can come off? (I can't see the input shaft, but can reach in there.)

More to come, I'm sure. Unless my hands get too beat up to type...

[BGman]

5 mm allen screw holds the small retaining fork around a steel ball. I have turned the small fork outward so that you can see it.
-greg

[JayDarden]

wow, thanks! I thought I could feel a allen head, but it makes sense now seeing the small fork and how it piviots.

[Jim Smolka]

Be sure to replace that small fork. Common fail point

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Ditto the plastic bushing inside the hole in the arm.

--DD

[JayDarden]

Here's another?:

I pulled the fork and bearing - does anyone have a picture of the bearing by itself and another of the "carrier" where the bearing sits?

a little history on my car, v8 conversion - I paid for a clutch change 2 yrs ago at a local race fab shop. They said that they couldn't find the bearing localy so they used a VW one and machined a sleeve to fit. I would have rather waited for a overnight from the west coast, but they didn't ask.

Anyway the clutch held for a year then started to slip. Eventually it wouldn't hold top gear past half throttle. I am pushing 400hp and figure that a good year is fine for a clutch disk.

Drove it for another year never pushing more than 1/2, but when I pulled the clutch I found the disk hardly worn. I can still read the print! but it is uneven, wear is in a wavy pattern around the disk on both sides, but at the worst point it is not bad.

PP and Flywheel are slick, smooth and somewhat scorched. I called Kennedy and they no longer make my Pressure Plate, but they will trade in for half $ on a new one.

Anyone have any ideas? It was greasey in the bellhousing, input shaft leaking? It is a chevy, so you know it has some small leaks.

Thanks. . .

[JayDarden]

Picture test:

[JayDarden]

Scorched Pressure Plate:

[Bleyseng]

Slipping and some oil is getting on the clutch/pressure plate, that what it looks like to me.

Geoff