Found My Clutch Issue

[JBlubaugh]

Hi All -

Looks like I found the source of my clutch noises / issues

I have replaced the clutch disk, pressure plate/housing, throw-out....etc. I want to change out the bushings in the throw out arm as well. Does anyone have a good suggestion on how to remove the pin that keeps the throw out arm on the shaft?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[bob hughes]

Jim

You are going to have to be very brave about this. First check to see if it is a mild steel one or a roll pin. My guess that it is an original mild steel one - in which case you will find it difficult to drift it out. The approach that my Healey garage did when I had the problem was to remove the screw at the end of the fork shaft and screw in a bolt on the end of the fork shaft and with definite blows drifted the shaft through the forks and sheared the pin. You do not want to prolong the issue as you need the pin to shear in a couple of sharp blows so save the housing from becoming distressed, you then remove the pieces once it is out and you replace the pin with a roll pin - easy to drift out should you need to do it again.



Bob

 

[57_BN4]

Pretty sure there's a bolt hole that lines up with the back of the pin if you remove the bellhousing from the gearbox first. It was a relatively straightforward task when I did mine.

If you haven't lubricated sintered bronze bushings before, place the bushing on the end of your thumb, fill it to the top with oil and then squash your other thumb into the top to create pressure. This action forces oil into the tiny pores in the bronze and after a couple of top-ups oil will be flowing on the outside of the bushing evenly all around it. Same procedure is required for the clutch pilot bushing in the flywheel which you should consider changing while in there. Andy.

ps: anyone know what the screw in the end of the shaft is for?

 

[bob hughes]

You are right Andy, there is a window at the back that lines up but 9 times out of ten you can not get that pin to shift, I tried for ages before handing it to the garage. NB I believe that the original pin was tapered as well so you could be trying to drift it in , not out

Apart from providing a bolt location point for drifting the shaft out with a bolt, it could be used for assembly? again with a bolt, and possibly a nut as well to get the holes to line up for the pin if required - pure guess.



Bob