<VV> Update on Clutch Noise and Question

[Frank DuVal]

Saucer shaped metal is an oil slinger. It is needed to sling the oil 
away from the seal. Leave it on the crank.

Pulley does not sit flush with crankshaft. This is normal. Usually like 
1/8+" or so. Enough room to set a washer in the opening. As long as you 
torqued the bolt in place, and the distributor drive gear did not move ( 
it only happened to me once!), then everything is fine.

OK, so how do you torque the bolt when not dropping the engine? No way 
to get a normal socket and torque wrench down there in that small 
opening. Why, it's just large enough for the box end of a combination 
wrench. I just rap upon a combination wrench with a 1 to 2 pound hammer! 
The impact will tighten that bolt just fine.

Flame on!

Frank DuVal

ps great use of an inspection camera. I just bought one from Harbor 
Freight for less than $100 (typical sale) [that means it will be on sale 
forever]. It doesn't have the remote viewer like my coworkers does-he 
bought his 6 months ago or so. They do have a more expensive model that 
will go through a 14mm spark plug hole.

On 7/6/2011 8:53 PM, John Green wrote:
> You may recall that I posted a message about a noisy clutch
> linkage--depressing the pedal with the car not running produced a
> scratching noise and rough feeling on the clutch pedal.  Thanks again to all
> who responded.
>
> It turns out that one side of the clutch fork broke. I was able to see this
> clearly using a video inspection camera  and I therefore decided to drop the
> drive train to replace it and try to fix a few oil leaks. I ordered a new
> (used) fork along with gaskets and seals.
>
> Questions on replacing the rear seal: (i) I noticed a saucer shaped piece of
> thin metal around the crank and behind the rear cover of the engine. It did
> not seem to be attached to anything but had a slot cut that matched the
> crank key. What is this, and do I need to do anything about it? (ii) The
> pulley is not flush with the end of the crankshaft. After I used the crank
> bolt and washer to pull the pulley onto the crankshaft, I removed the bolt
> to see if the pulley was properly installed and saw that the pulley was not
> flush with the end of the crank. Is this correct? I cannot see a significant
> gap between the engine and the pulley.
>
> John Green
>