<VV> Re: Flat Towing, my experience & viewpoint

[AKG]

With that in mind, the ticket may be to somehow depress the clutch for that
long trip so the bears in the trans can spin..  Either way synthetic fluid
will help (oops - started another repeat thread).

The Artful Dodger

> From: "BBRT" <chsadek at adelphia.net>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:23:08 -0400
> To: <BobHelt at aol.com>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Cc: khammett at stainlessfab.com
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Flat Towing, my experience & viewpoint
> 
> Rats!  I think you are right, Bob. About the cluster and clutch gear being
> tied to the disk which is held by pressure plate to flywheel/engine.  I
> guess the splash must be entirely by the gear stack which can rotate and
> must with the output shaft/pinion shaft.
> 
> Chuck S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BobHelt at aol.com>
> To: <chsadek at adelphia.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Cc: <khammett at stainlessfab.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:04 PM
> Subject: <VV> Re: Flat Towing, my experience & viewpoint
> 
> 
>> In a message dated 7/20/05 1:13:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>> chsadek at adelphia.net writes:
>> 
>>> and any residual drag of fluid or drag due to needle bearings in
>>> clutch/input  gear will turn input/clutch gear and the cluster gear.
>>> There
>>> is no load, so it won't take much to turn larger mainshaft gears and
>>> cluster
>>> 
>>> gear.
>> 
>> Chuck,
>> I don't think that this is possible. When in neutral, the cluster gear is
>> meshed with the clutch input gear, which is splined to the input shaft,
>> which is
>> splined to the clutch disc, which is directly connected to the engine. So
>> unless the clutch is released, the cluster gear Is PREVENTED from rotating
>> unless
>> the engine is running.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Bob Helt
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