[Supras] New clutch slipping, shifting problem?

[Dan Gyoba]

On 27 Feb 2008 at 14:42, cthommes at adelphia.net wrote:

> I think a clutch could fully engage if the disk was in backwards, the
> disk hub binds against the fw center (perhaps the bolts) and the PP
> still engages the disk fully.  It seems like this would make a buncha
> noise though.  I dunno, I've never put a car together this way to
> verify.  :)

I, unfortunately, HAVE put a car together this way.

No, it doesn't really make that much noise, nothing seemed to be that wrong at first, and 
I even drove it that way for a while...  Until the flywheel bolts started to loosen, that 
is.

Even then, the hydraulic system kept up, and the clutch engagement point seemed normal, 
until the clutch wouldn't disengage AT ALL.  It seemed that what happened at that point 
was that the clutch fork pulled on the pressure plate, and the whole flywheel, clutch 
cover and all moved back a bit.

It was making noise shortly afterwards.

Fortunately, no permanent harm was done.  Dropped the transmission, tightened up the 
flywheel, flipped the clutch disc over, and put it back together, and it's fine now.

Moral:  Don't reassemble things when it's already been a long day and you're too tired to 
think sraight.

Dan Gyoba
'89 NA 460,195 kms, Turbo swap COMPLETE
http://www.abstractconsulting.com/~dan