Need some advice -
To make a long story short, I pulled my engine & trans, installed a new
clutch, pressure plate and carbon release bearing. Installed a new slave
hose and cylinder (hose was cracked, cylinder was sort of seeping).
Installed a rebuilt transmission.
After much difficulty bleeding the stinking clutch, I was rewarded with
a solid clutch pedal, good action.
Only problem, the clutch just would NOT release. Not able to shift into
gear at all. If starting in gear, a little clutch action was observed,
but it wouldn't fully release. Visual inspection showed good travel,
could see the release bearing releasing the plate...
At that point I was fully convinced I had done something stupid,
backwards clutch disk or something. So, today I pulled the motor & trans
again. The clutch was properly oriented, and everything looked ok.
The old clutch was actually OK, might have been fairly recent from it's
looks. I only replaced it because it seemed the sensible thing to do
while I had everything out and apart. So, at a loss as to what the
problem was, I reinstalled the original pressure plate and clutch and
put it all back together. I left the new carbon faced bearing installed
in the fork. There was a roller type bearing that I had originally
removed, but it had a plastic body with obvious thermal damage...
Clutch now releases and acts like it should, save for one problem: On
the initial testing, my son noticed some white smoke - I got out to look
and there was a fair amount of white smoke coming out of the top
inspection hole on the transmission. I've smelled roasted clutch before,
that's NOT what this smelled like. It smelled more like a burning
electrical component....
Incidentally, while I did not see any smoke with the new pressure plate
& clutch installed, I did smell the exact same smell, so likely this
occurred as well, but not to the same extent as I was unable to drive
the car then.
Now what?? Could there be a problem with the new release bearing? I hate
to think I have to pull the engine a third time...
--
Marc
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