Sunday, I had an inspiration to do some work in the garage, despite the real
winter in Minnesota hitting.
First off, the input shaft bearing is off safely. It just took a resting of
said bearing on the vice, instead of clamping the beraing with the vice. Some
swacks of the hammer, and it was off. I thought it would have required a gear
puller or something.
Second, the clutch is finally off. One of the Allen bolts rounded out, so I
hammered a socket wrench bit onto it, and it unscrewed, thankfully without
snapping. Otherwise, I would have been there all night.
Third, the bellhousing was cleaned with gasoline. l poured the gas into a safe
container, and it was black as used motor oil. Wow.
The end result? The clutch was QUITE worn out. I could read the letters on the
rivets, which were about 2 mm flush with the clutch surface. That's a relief
that it was just plain wear & tear, and not an oil leak from its neighbors. No
wonder this thing slipped as often as it did.
Let's hope the Coventry clutch is as good as the blogger I wrote to said it
was, since it's ordered.
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