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>While its not a Borg and Beck TR clutch it is in my TR and it is a
>diaphragm clutch. I have a problem with the clutch I installed after
>replacing it recently
>After I got home I replaced everything with new. New pressure plate, new
>disk, and new release bearing. I refilled the tranny (Borg Warner Super
>T5) with synthetic Automatic fluid (automatic is specified for this tranny)
>. I later noticed that the tranny fluid I used was not that which I should
>have used for the T5,
>The clutch operates fine at all times EXCEPT, and this is the only
>exception, when I have operated the car for any length of time to
>sufficiently warm everything well, shut the vehicle off for a short time
>(say to go into a store, buy something, come back out) Start the car and
>try to put it in gear. Now with the fuel injection when it starts
>initially it revs to about 1800 rpm for about 10 or so seconds then slowly
>drops to the required 800-900 RPM for idle. During this AND ONLY THIS time
>I cannot shift into any gear. It is as if the clutch is not releasing.
>After the RPM's drop I can select and change gears as usual. I cant figure
>it out, and all I can fathom is that the input shaft bushing (bronze in the
>flywheel) lubrication is heat soaking and sticking causing the input shaft
>to rotate at sufficient speed to preclude the inertia of the friction disk
>from releasing BUT I AM AT A LOSS to figure out why this is occurring.
>After I can shift when the RPM's drop I can then shift normally (that means
>at elevated RPM for the duration of the trip (or until I do a similar stop)
>Any ideas?? Maybe the wrong fluid is causing problems with the synchros
>(carbon fiber?) swelling?? Any thoughts before I tear this thing apart
AGAIN!!
>
Have you soaked the input shaft bearing in oil? should help a bit if you do
that.
Apart from that it sounds to me as if the actual friction plate would stick on
the shaft.
............Gernot von Hoegen................
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