Problem with Clutch installation Options

[Bill Meyer]

I posted a picture yesterday of my flywheel that had been machined (the bolts go beyond the face of the flywheel) and now I think that's going to be a problem. Upon installation as you can see the clutch arm doesn't have enough play to fully disengage the clutch, it hits the tranny housing. You can also see I had to fully thread the cable to get it even remotly tight, so I knew I had a problem here.



Question is, what can I do? When I installed the pressure plate as I tightened the bolts the release fingers kept going in as the plate seated down, I'm guessing because the face the edge of the pressure plate mounts against has been turned down too much??? Bummed, now I got to pull it all out again, but do I need a new flywheel?

Thanks for any suggestions!

[Dave_Darling]

You have the metal 911 clevis on the clutch cable. For whatever reason, that seems to sit too far back on the cable, requiring a spacer of some kind between the clevis and the adjuster nut. I have seen washers used, I have seen oversize nuts (M9 or M10; M8 may damage or get hung up on the threads) or short bits of brass pipe used.

Remember to use two M7 nuts on the end of the cable; in my experience Nyloc nuts get loose relatively quickly.

--DD