It turned out that parts of the clutch mechanism had broken, preventing it
from working. A bit strange, as it was working fine before we started ,
apart frrom being worn. But we managed to get a clutch kit at 4pm sunday
afternoon, pulled the motor again and he was on his way by 7am monday
morning. Lucky sydney had a long weekend.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Andy
>From: "Guy" <Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>
>To: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: CLUTCH PROBLEM..(a bit urgent)
>Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 08:58:25 +0100
>
>Andy,
>Are you sure that you put the clutch driven plate in the right way round.
>The centre of the plate that slides on the splines is longer on one side
>than the other - and if you put it on the wrong way round it won't
>disengage
>properly.
>Guy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: 03 October 1999 03:54
>Subject: CLUTCH PROBLEM..(a bit urgent)
>
>
> > greetings,
> > My brother has come down from sydney to melbourne to pick up his sprite.
>He
> > decided to change his clutch plate, so yesterday we pulled the motor and
> > installed a new one. No other changes were made.
> > PROBLEM: the pedal is a lot stiffer than it was and the clutch is not
> > disengaging,i.e you can't select a gear,it just crunches.
> > He's supposed to be driving back up to Sydney today so any tips will be
> > greatly appreciated.
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
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