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Re: Like the idea Posted by Landjet [Email]  (#16)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Landjet) on Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:36:01
In Reply to: Like the idea, tz, Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:50:12 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Since you have to remove the clutch shaft anyway to do a slave cylinder change, try this.....get the turbo tubes ( assuming a turbo ) away from the front of the primary case cover on the upper front. Remove the case cover and you will see the upper gear and the propeller on the shaft. Take out the propeller (counterclockwise) and match the threads to a bolt.....can't recall the geometry, but a metric standard. Take a bolt with a washer and a socket that is just larger than the shaft OD. Make sure the bolt has about 1/8" of extra length to engage the shaft and begin to carefully turn the bolt to pull out the shaft. It has a spring keeper, so it just pulls out easily with the mechanical advantage of the threads. Remove the clutch shaft and see if it is dry as a bone. Maybe rusty and dry. IF it was dry and crusty, I would spray some some PB blaster and clean it off and maybe wire brush it. Then spray some more stuff on it and carefully put it back in and see if you can work it in and out to penetrate the rust inside the clutch plate. Don't get too much stuff in and around there, or it will get on the clutch plate surface.
Clean it off and butter it up with synthetic moly grease. Not too much, but a good film on the shaft. Insert the shaft back into the gear and try to tap it home so the end of the shaft goes into the bearing.
Don't forget to inspect the end of the shaft that goes into the pilot bearing to see if it is blue or has any damage. If so, then you are going to be pulling it all apart. If it looks normal, then you might just have a crusty dry mating surface between the clutch shaft and the clutch plate. That reeks havoc on the smooth release of the action of the slave. Put a magnet down around under the flywheel to see if you get and balls or cage from the bearing disintegrating. Doubtful if you find anything that serious.
So, you might find that the only problem is a dry shaft and no problems with the slave or pilot bearing.....worth a try anyway.
Phew.....that a keyboardful of words.....as James Brown would say....TOO MANY WERDS.....
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