Clutch replace advise, Trying to do this without over doing Options

[rob gannon]

Hello, we have a 1970-4, the clutch is slipping so I know it’s time to replace. I’ve read Pelican’s write up on replacing and also Ian Karr’s YouTube video which was super helpful.
The Pelican write up was super intimidating but the video makes it look a lot more doable. It looks like a big job but I think I can handle it, I am pretty intimidated though. So here’s my questions-

Can I just replace the clutch disc without the flywheel and all associated parts? Adding up all the parts with flywheel replacement is much more expensive than just the clutch disc.

I know replacing everything as shown in Ian’s video is the best thing I can do but another part of the procedure that scares me is I don’t have the gauges to measure the runout when replacing the flywheel.

Also looking for advice on whether I can just pull the tranny vs pulling the whole engine for this job if I’m just replacing clutch?
Thanks, Rob

[JamesM]

Bare minimum, if the flywheel doesent look to bad you can get by doing just the disc and the pressure plate. You may be able to get by just doing the disc, but I wouldn't chance it.


This is all from memory but:

Jack up rear of car
Disconnect the battery
Disconnect cables to the starter
Remove rear shift Linkage
Disconnect clutch cable from tranny
Remove Muffler
Support Motor
Support Tranny
Remove 2 upper tranny through bolts from engine side
Remove 2 lower nuts from Tranny side
Remove 4 bolts holding the rear tranny mounts to the chassis (leave the big bolts in place)
Lower tranny slightly and remove (starter comes with it)
Install flywheel lock
Remove pressure plate and clutch disk (6 bolts)

Clean/inspect flywheel and any other bits, shift fork bushings, throwout bearing, etc.
relube any movement points,

Reinstall in exactly reverse order

Should be able to do it in an hour or two depending on how much time you take to enjoy your beer.