Major progress, 1st a DOH!, then a YA!!, then a Hmmm Options

[aircooledboy]

The Arctic winter broke briefly today here, with temps near 60 for the first time since late October. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) So, Stef came over and we put the new clutch and trans in. First I went to turn the lights on in the shop. . . nothin? So I open the giant double doors to the Great Midwest NARP Assembly Building, and I see something odd (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Boy, I don't remember that bank of floresent lights leaning up against my tool box. . . .

[John2kx]

Chris,

I would try something easier than pulling the transaxle back out right now. You mentioned that the clutch did not fully grab until clutch pedal was almost fully extended. That is what I remember as normal with the original Renegade supplied clutch. It would begin to grab at a little more than 1/2 and then fully engage when almost fully let go.

Adjust clutch throw until your not crunching gears and give it a test drive..............no matter where it feels fully engaged by pedal travel. If you have a kevlar clutch (like what was originally installed in car, drive it like granny for the first 100 miles). The life of your clutch will depend on how you break it in if your running kevlar.

If you can't get the gears to stop crunching, I'd go back through the shifter adjustment procedure at least one more time.

What I remember when it was adjusted just right is that it would make a slight gear clash sound (going for reverse) when cold unless you double clutched it...............again, only required when stone cold. Something else I found abnormal was that with the rear wheels suspended, they would turn when trans. was in neutral and engine running. I thought this was abnormal but learned to accept it.

John