Clutch Help Needed...what's wrong?, lots of pics..."Where' Waldo?" |
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Clutch Help Needed...what's wrong?, lots of pics..."Where' Waldo?" |
computers4kids |
Mar 30 2007, 04:10 PM
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Love these little cars! Group: Members Posts: 2,443 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Port Townsend, WA Member No.: 4,253 Region Association: None |
Brand new 215 SACHS clutch, pressure plate, throwout, and re-surfaced flywheel. With the trans bolted, and no clutch cable connected, the clutch should be engaged--but it is not. You can also move the clutch arm without too much effort.
Took everything apart and all looks good??? Could the throwout bearing be depressing the plate from some reason when I bolt it all up....which would explain why the clutch is not by default engaged and the clutch arm is not to hard to move? I'm thinking the plate fingers are partially depressed making them easier to move further. There is one washer under the clutch pivot arm from when I did a new clutch when I had the 1.8 motor. Looking for ideas...I'm baffled... Attached image(s) |
drive-ability |
Mar 30 2007, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,169 Joined: 18-March 05 From: Orange County, California Member No.: 3,782 |
Brand new 215 SACHS clutch, pressure plate, throwout, and re-surfaced flywheel. With the trans bolted, and no clutch cable connected, the clutch should be engaged--but it is not. You can also move the clutch arm without too much effort. Took everything apart and all looks good??? Could the throwout bearing be depressing the plate from some reason when I bolt it all up....which would explain why the clutch is not by default engaged and the clutch arm is not to hard to move? I'm thinking the plate fingers are partially depressed making them easier to move further. There is one washer under the clutch pivot arm from when I did a new clutch when I had the 1.8 motor. Looking for ideas...I'm baffled... (By what process did you determine the clutch disk was not engaged? ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
computers4kids |
Mar 30 2007, 05:10 PM
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Love these little cars! Group: Members Posts: 2,443 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Port Townsend, WA Member No.: 4,253 Region Association: None |
(By what process did you determine the clutch disk was not engaged? ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)Alright...I'm about ready to possibly show my ignorance.... With both rear wheels off the ground and everything back together I was going to adjust the valves and tried rotating one of the wheels to turnover the engine...this is when I realized the wheels and trasmission turned just fine, but the engine would not. I believed since the wheels and tranny turned and I should be able to see through the view hole of the bottom of the trans that the engine would be turning...which it was not. So I completly took the clutch cable off...still the same. Put car in gear...started engine...idle...one wheel just slowly turned and I could stop it easily with my foot. |
So.Cal.914 |
Mar 30 2007, 06:47 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
(By what process did you determine the clutch disk was not engaged? ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)Alright...I'm about ready to possibly show my ignorance.... With both rear wheels off the ground and everything back together I was going to adjust the valves and tried rotating one of the wheels to turnover the engine...this is when I realized the wheels and trasmission turned just fine, but the engine would not. I believed since the wheels and tranny turned and I should be able to see through the view hole of the bottom of the trans that the engine would be turning...which it was not. So I completly took the clutch cable off...still the same. Put car in gear...started engine...idle...one wheel just slowly turned and I could stop it easily with my foot. If I am reading this right and the transaxle you have does not have a LSD then it is acting like it should. Unless you chalk up one wheel its just going to spin. When you turn it one wheel goes one way and one goes the other? Let us know. |
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