GlacierMy recent gearbox rebuild on the 1980 Spitfire is not looking good.
The car is on jackstands and in neutral when I start the car the driveshaft
rotates. It stops when I press the clutch as it should and goes into all
gears except 1st. In first gear the shifter feels that it is engaged but it
grinds like the gears are just touching. When I put it in it looked fine. I
also never got any answer for why a previously good Borg and Beck clutch
with 500 miles now slips terribly. With the clutch engaged and brakes
pressed, the clutch should not slip before 130 lbft of torque on the front
harmonic balancer bolt. It slips at 70 lbft. No spring are broken and
nothing is warped, whats going on here? The engine had gone to the machine
shop for a partial rebuild but I am assured that the flywheel was not
resurfaced. The engine rebuild is perfect.
Zahid
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