Bill -
This one is from John Twist (paraphrased):
It's not that unusual for this pin to fall out, and the clutch will still
work (sorta) by pivoting off the back of the bellhousing. If it has fallen
out, you can drop in a 4" long, 5/16 bolt to replace the pin.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
At 10:39 AM 5/31/99 -0400, William M. Gilroy wrote:
>
>I have a question about the throwout bearing in my 1977 Midget.
>All of the manuals show the bearing release lever being held
>in on one side by a pin that is drive through the bell housing
>and the release lever. When I unbolted the transmission from the
>engine out came my bearing release lever. It appears the my release
>lever was not pinned in place. Now I have a couple of questions.
>
> 1. How could this work without being pinned in place? The
> car shifted fine before I removed the transmission.
>
> 2. All of the catalogs show 1 bushing and 1 pin. What I found
> in my car was: 0 pins, 2 bushings one pressed into the top
> half of the bell housing and on in the bottom half. The one
> in the bottom half can be removed very easily and the top half
> very tight (would need to be driven out).
>
> 3. What the heck is going on?
>
>Any ideas. I figure I would order a new pin and bushing and see how/if
>the stuff fits together. Anyone have a better idea?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill Gilroy
>77 Midget
>90 Shar-Pei
>1 perplexing transmission
>
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