Re: clutch question

[Daniel Brideau <dan@hobbyetc.com>]

My brother had similar issues with his G60 Corroado.  I always laughed
and told him to find a car with fewer pedals.

He never figured out what was causing the problem.


Dan
http://www.type53.com/



george curl wrote:
> 
> Alright I'm about to change out my 4th clutch in a
> year. (1 pushrod seal leak, 1 mainshaft seal leak, and
> one tranny swap "while I'm in here", and now this)  My
> last rocco did this also once... but that was about 6
> years ago...
> 
> Description:  Rattling noise from belhousing.  Upon
> further inspection one of the springs on the clutch
> itself has left the clutch assembly and taken a few
> chunks of the clutch plate(the steel, not the clutch
> material)  I've managed to fish out the spring and the
> chunks but now I've only got 3 springs left.  I know
> from experinece that the clutch will work just fine
> till I'm down to one spring.  The main question is
> this... Has anyone else had this problem with their
> clutches and what do ya think is causing it.  There
> doesn't appear to be any heat fatigue on the clutch
> assembly and there is plenty of material left.  I'm
> still running the sachs 190mm clutch as I don't turn
> the power to require an upgrade.
> 
> TIA
> 
> George-
> "clutchmaster"  faster than a runaway shopping cart,
> phneumatic tool equipt, able to swap out a clutch in
> 1.5 hours and still make the dinner party at 7:00 in
> style... "to bad the $#@!$#@ part store is closed"
> 
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