Frank, put in the driveshaft and hook it up to the dif. There's enough drag
on the oil or just plain gears to make the outputshaft continue to spin when
you depress the clutch in any gear.
Try it, see what happens.
Pa
----- Original Message -----
From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at exit109.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:03 PM
Subject: Clutch woes
> Not on a Sprite but on Tetanus, my big Headache, I mean healey.
> Basically the same as a Spritget only 3 times bigger and heavier.
>
> New master, line, hose, and slave. It bled up real nice.
> New disc, plate, T/O bearing and pilot. So it's 100% new.
> I can see the slave rod working and I have a hard pedal.
>
> The tranny doesn't stop spinning when the clutch is depressed.
> And I even tried holding it back with giant US made pliers.
>
> No driveshaft yet so I can see the trans tail moving. It stops in neutral.
>
> Too short a push rod?
> Disc rusted to flywheel? (it has been installed about a week, never wet)
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too many LBCs
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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