The car is a 76 TR6. I also planned on replacing the rear main seal and
having the flywheel turned at a local machine shop. What bushing is in the
flywheel? Do you happen to have a part number from TRF?
>From: Todd Bermudez <red_tr250@yahoo.com>
>To: Cary Henry <caryhenry@hotmail.com>, 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Clutch Replacement
>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:34:08 -0800 (PST)
>
>Cary,
>
>Oh the joy of the clutch!
>
>Drilling the cross shaft is relatively painless...what
>the posts are eluding to would be the tendancy of the
>fork pin breaking....then you have a fork that spins
>on the cross shaft. Not much fun having to pull the
>gearbox again. So, get yourself a fork pin(bolt) &
>tighten it down. Then you drill through the fork and
>the cross shaft & put a grade 8 nut/bolt down through
>the hole...not too long as you don't want it
>interfering with anything.
>
>Oh, aside from the input seal, consider the bushing in
>the flywheel...they tend to wear out. This may
>require pulling the flywheel depending on model
>year(you didn't list). You may also want to do the
>rear main seal(requires flywheel removal as well as
>the engine back plate...not hard...up to you.
>
>I also did the cross shaft bushings...I figured I
>didn't want to go through all that again for a while.
>
>My 2 cents
>
>Cheers,
>
>Todd Bermudez
>CD198L
>CF25768UO
>
>--- Cary Henry <caryhenry@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> > I will be replacing the clutch on my project TR6
> > this weekend, and I have a
> > few questions. I purchased a TRF magic clutch kit
> > with koyo bearing and the
> > clutch hardware package required to activate
> > warranty. I have seen
> > mentioned before drilling and bolting the fork.
> > What does this do and how
> > is it done? Also, will I need to purchase a clutch
> > alignment tool? This is
> > my first clutch replacement. I have replaced torque
> > converters and such but
> > never a clutch. Any reccomendations not stated in
> > the bentley manual are
> > greatly appreciated. I also plan to replace the
> > input seal and gasket while
> > I have the gearbox off. Thanks for all of your
> > help!
> > -Cary-
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