You also forgot the Pony Keg of Beer, and a trip to the local
strip club (as a stress reducer), before that job was completed.!
There's nothin' like man handling a cast Iron block of highly machined
gears and shaft, and then puting hundreds of Horses through it. Oh oh
oh !! (Tim Allen sound ).
Rich
> ----------
> From: jhankins@ix.netcom.com[SMTP:jhankins@ix.netcom.com]
> Reply To: jhankins@ix.netcom.com
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 1997 3:33 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Clutch Replacement
>
> The deed is done! Everything is back together and working fine. I only
> have
> 15 or twenty unidentified parts left over, so I consider the effort a
> success!
>
> I replaced the flywheel, clutch, clutch master and slave cylinders,
> and the
> appropriate bearings and seals. I did it without removing the engine,
> but I'm
> not sure that it was any easier that way. It sure was a struggle
> getting
> everything back in to place and lined up!
>
> The only way I could figure out to do it was to:
>
> 1. Remove the drive shaft.
>
> 2. disconnect the transmission from the bell housing and slide it back
> into
> the tunnel.
>
> 3. Disconnect the bell housing. (Required drilling two holes in the
> tunnel.
> I'll provide the exact measurements to anyone who wants them.)
>
> 4. Drop the front of the transmission and the back of the bell housing
> down
> until the transmission input shaft clears the back of the bell
> housing,
> allowing the bell housing to be removed. The transmission then can be
> slid
> down, forward, and out. (It's heavy!!!!).
>
> 5. It goes back in the same way, but it ain't as easy as it sounds.
> While I
> could manhandle the transmission out, there's no way to manhandle it
> back in.
> I used a transmission jack (on wheels) and strapped the transmission
> to it
> with ratchet straps. It took several hours and several tries for two
> of us to
> get everything lined up right (clutch lever, throw-owt bearing,
> splines,
> pilot bearing, etc.), but it finally slipped together like a watch!
>
> Obviously, I've left out a lot of details, such as removing the
> shifter and
> linkage, the cross member, the speedo cable etc. I should also point
> out that
> it took two of us approximately 20 hours to get everything done. But
> I'm here
> to testify thatit is possible!
>
> For those who are interested, I got the clutch, flywheel, etc. from
> Centerforce. Here are the parts numbers and retail prices:
>
> Flywheel/ring gear 700220 $293.95
> Clutch (Centerforce I) CF360030 $161.95
> Pressure Plate 280490 $102.95
> T.O. Bearing N-1439 $44.95
>
> you should be able to beat these prices without a great deal of
> trouble!
>
>
> I'm very pleased with the centerforce clutch. It requires
> substantially less
> pedal effort, but is quite solid and very smooth.
>
> Joe
>
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