<VV> Clutch question

[corvairduval at cox.net]

And I do one additional step, literally. I place the plate on the floor,
fingers up, and place my heel on the fingers. I jump my weight onto my heel
and get a feel for how much force is needed to compress the spring. If you
do several plates at the same time, you get a feel for spring pressure. I
have found extremely light springs this way. Avoid them.

I have reused many pressure plates with good results.

If the machined surface is scored or blue, then resurfacing is needed. If
just a glaze, then I "DA" the surface lightly. I can hear the machinists
scoffing now.

Frank DuVal

Original Message:
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From:  HallGrenn at aol.com
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:52:22 EDT
To: jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Clutch question


Jim,
 
If I can't afford a new (professionally rebuilt) pressure plate I look  
first at the bent spring fingers to see that they are all evenly spaced,
that  
the wear surfaces at the spring ends are on the same plane (same
level--none 
 higher or lower) AND that the ends all still have about the same amount of 
metal  left at the wear surface where the throwout bearing engages them.  
 
I also check for evidence of looseness around the rivets (or bolts) by  
looking for bright red rust at these points which indicates some play at
loose  
points.
 
And I say a prayer.
 
Bob Hall


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