 Oh snap! Clutch tube broke lose (again) |
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| SirAndy |
 Sep 20 2019, 11:53 AM
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Anyone in the greater bay area with a welder?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) My clutch tube broke lose (again) this morning with a loud bang as i was shifting into 4th getting on the freeway. The rear seems OK but the front part is just flopping in the wind. Looks like it's time to weld in a stronger clamp in the front, my last patch lasted some 15 years but obviously wasn't quite strong enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| jcd914 |
Sep 20 2019, 01:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,092 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
A clable clamp can be used to secure the tube up front to the side of the tunnel.
Kind of fiddly to get in and leaves a couple holes in the side of the tunnel but for short term it might be doable. Don't over tighten and crush the tube. Jim  |
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| ClayPerrine |
Sep 25 2019, 07:02 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 16,313 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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QUOTE(jcd914 @ Sep 20 2019, 02:30 PM)  A clable clamp can be used to secure the tube up front to the side of the tunnel. Kind of fiddly to get in and leaves a couple holes in the side of the tunnel but for short term it might be doable. Don't over tighten and crush the tube. Jim I put one of those in Betty's car 30+ years ago when we were dating. We were young and broke, and I didn't own a welder. So that was a quick and dirty fix. It is still there after 300K miles. I know it is not the correct way to fix it, but frankly, it is working. So I am not going to change it now. Every time I run her car up on the lift, I see the ends of the bolts and I think "Maybe I should fix that right." But I always get distracted and forget about it. |
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