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Topic: Clutch problems?
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mustangboy
Gearhead Posts: 1147
From: Ont, Canada
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-03-2002 11:53 PM
  
This isn't really a racing problem (other than its my tow truck)but I'm having problems with the clutch on my old 82 Ford pickup.It seems like its not totally disengaging,(hard to shift when not moving or grinds going into reverse).Also when I first start it up and move it a little,if I stop with it in gear i can feel it shudder a little and try to pull the truck ahead.The weird part is that I have to let the pedal out another 3-4 inches before it starts to engage and the truck starts to really take off.I can't really adjust the linkage any tighter or I'll have no freeplay at all.I changed tranny's recently(it was doing it with the old tranny too) and had the clutch out and it looked ok.It has a diaghram type pressure plate and a couple of the fingers weren't flat with the other ones until I tightened it up on the flywheel and then they all went perfectly even.Any ideas would be greatly appreciated  ------------------
1968 mustang j-code sprint.13.69@101 1963Falcon waiting for a rebirth.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 9533
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-04-2002 10:55 AM
Sounds like the disc is sticking to the input shaft of the tranny. Did you grease the splines of the input shaft?SteveW
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mustangboy
Gearhead Posts: 1147
From: Ont, Canada
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-04-2002 12:06 PM
Yes I put a little grease on it Steve.I have a cousin with a 93 4x4 that is doing the exact same thing.Transmission shop told him it needed a new clutch but no explanation.[This message has been edited by mustangboy (edited 10-04-2002).]
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 9533
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-04-2002 12:48 PM
When the disc is stuck to the shaft it stays against the flywheel and won't fully disengage. It could be a bad pressure plate too.  SteveW
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67coupe
Gearhead Posts: 491
From: dallas NC usa
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-04-2002 12:52 PM
how did the pilot bearing look it possible its draging on it a little?  ------------------
Josh
67 coupe with 351c
94 Explorer
30 model A currently rustbucket
in process 67 convt with efi 5.0 and t5
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mustangboy
Gearhead Posts: 1147
From: Ont, Canada
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-04-2002 01:12 PM
I put a new pilot bearing in when I changed the trans.I was kind of suspicious of the pressure plate because of the way the "fingers"(don't know what you call them on a diaghram style clutch)didn't all stay in line with each other until I bolted it back up to the flywheel.I'm sure its not trans related because I swapped from a 3 in the tree to a 3 speed with overdrive on the floor and the problem is the same, slowly getting worse. 
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