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Clutch Tube Repair, alternative to welding |
Greenguy |
Feb 5 2007, 10:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Clovis, CA Member No.: 7,402 |
Decided to use aircraft safety wire instead of welding…pictures detail the repair. The repair itself took about 30 min.
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rgalla9146 |
Dec 28 2010, 01:58 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,569 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None |
I've used the hose clamp method with very good, long lasting results.
As I recall two clamps were used inside the car on the side of the tunnel. The hard part is creating parallel slots that the open hose clamp can be fed through. It's obviously better to put them close to one of the three openings. One advantage of using a hose clamp over a U bolt is that a U bolt can crush the clutch tube. Another advantage is that there is no ugly hardware to rust outside the floorpan. The slots can be created by drilling three 1/8" ( or smaller ) holes in a row and then connecting them by filing. Use the smallest, widest clamp available and put the parallel slots just at the width of the tube. To ensure firm grip to the tube slide a 1" length of split hose over the tube inside the clamp, then tighten. As they say in Ohio.....Walla! |
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