Clutch woes---solved...

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

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->-----Original Message-----
->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
->mr.utility@highstream.net
->Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:57 AM
->To: T. Reed
->Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
->Subject: Re: Clutch woes---solved...
->
->
->Well, I have no firm idea....  This is my first clutch...  Tranny 
->work has 
->always left me cold...
->
->   I 'think' the trouble was that, the clutch began to 'shell', I 
->heard the 
->crunch...  I assume this because it began to bind?  Anyways, when 
->I put my 
->foot on the pedal, it went to the floor...  And then I could not 
->engage the 
->clutch with it running/rolling, even if I pulled up the pedal...  
->Half the 
->friction material went from the clutch plate to dust/debris 
->elsewhere in the 
->clutch assembly...  This meant that I had all sorts of slack now 
->that was not 
->present before it shelled on the one side...  And/or the clutch 
->was engaged 
->all  the time because that material was bunched-up in the 
->mechanism...  To be 
->honest, I don't know...  I do know that clutches do not look like 
->that unless 
->they are blown, that is about it!
->
->David
->
->Anyone else with an idea of how clutches/trannies work, inform us 
->where I am 
->right/wrong...?
->
->
->Quoting "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu>:
->
->> > Well folks,
->> >    It was the most obvoius thing of all the possibilities, 
->and the most
->> costly
->> > both for time/money...  The clutch friction material on the 
->flywheel side
->> > disintergrated all at one...  This would explain why I heard 
->the crunch,
->> and
->> > then mashed on the clutch pedal and it went to the floor...  
->I think one
->> major
->> > piece broke off, and then chewed its way all the way around, 
->which gave me
->> no
->> > pedal resistance...
->> 
->> Hmm, could you elaborate on the failure?
->> 
->> I'm not quite seeing right off the bat here how what you've described
->> translates in to a clutch pedal at the floor and a clutch that behaves
->> like it is stuck 'engaged'?
->> 
->> I'm just curious; please enlighten me! :)
->> 
->> -Toby
->> 
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