<VV> stuck clutch plate
corvairduval at cox.net
corvairduval at cox.net
Wed Jul 6 10:32:46 EDT 2011
Recently there was an article in Skinned Knuckles with many cures to this
problem.
It depeends on how stuck. I have had many over the course of my life
dealing with resurrecting long sitting cars.
Harry's method is for the least stuck.
The next step is to jack a drive wheel up (both if positraction)[rear in
Corvairs]. Do not set parking brake, let raised wheel rotate. Put the car
in neutral, start the engine, depress clutch and hold on floor. Step on
brake. If the car stalls, start again, increase the engine speed and step
on brake quickly.
When using this method, do not remove the wheel and leave the lug nuts off.
Not only do you loose the rotational inertia of the wheel/tire, but the
brake drum comes off and launches across the yard. Don't ask how I know.
Another way if you have room to drive it safely, start the car in first,
get up to 10 mph and shift to neutral. With clutch deptressed, step on
brake. Adjust speed if it doesn't work first time.
Never spray the clutch disk/ pressure plate / flywheel with lube/pennetrant
to solve this. Why anyone would..... but it was mentioned in the article.
Frank DuVal
Original Message:
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From: Harry Yarnell hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:52:06 -0400
To: dnaisaac at rogers.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> stuck clutch plate
Set the parking brake; make sure there's nothing in front of the car.
Depress the clutch with the tranny in 4th gear, and crank the engine. Should
break free.
-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Dorairaj Isaac
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:05 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> stuck clutch plate
Hi everyone,
After many years of not using I thought that I will take out my '62 sedan
with 110 motor and manual tranny. The car was in good working condition
when I stopped using it. The car started easily, The problem is I could not
get it into gear. With the motor not running all gears shift easily. I feel
that that the clutch plate is stuck to the flywheel. Short of taking the
motor and tranny apart is there any way to release the clutch plate. Any
suggestions?
Thanks.
Dorai <><
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