Steve/All,
What is entailed in going to BJ8 diaphragm spring clutch on a 1960 BT7. Any
drilling cutting grinding torching? If I pull it all apart perhaps while I am
in there....
What are the options for the Toyota throwout bearings?
Tracy
---- "Steve B. Gerow" <steveg@abrazosdata.com> wrote:
> The Smitty setup was made for the BJ8 and the rest of us have to
> eff-dash-dash-dash with it to get it squared away. But it's definitely worth
> it IMHO.
>
> I had a somewhat similar situation in that when I inserted the trans, there
> was a 1/8" gab between the bell housing and engine back plate. This is the
> 10.5 inch clutch.
>
> In my case the aluminum pilot bearing adapter was too deep and after I
> shortened it by 1/8" the trans bolted up tight.
>
> I needed to do the following:
>
> 1) use the thicker clutch disc sold by Smitty's. (This in itself could
> account for why the clutch plate levers are standing out so far that they're
> being depressed by the installation.)
>
> 2) put as many washers under the Toyota operating lever stud as I could get.
> This has the effect of moving the outside of the lever forward. In my case
> without the washers, the lever was back against the rear of the hole.
>
> 3) experiment with slave cylinder pushrods until you get one that's got a
> teensy amount of slack at the rest position. I made an adjustable rod out of
> allthread, a nut, and a piece of tubing, then went to a permanent rod when I
> figured out the right length.
>
> 4) I needed to make a separate piece of sheet metal to hold the rubber boot
> in place.
>
> Observation--for some reason my slave cylinder would "stick" in the expanded
> position and I had to release the bleed screw in order to push the pushrod
> in. This never happens in operation, only when I remove the pushrod.
>
> Another possibility would be to take the Toy T/O bearing & operating lever
> to NAPA and see it they could sell you a thinner bearing that still fits on
> the operating lever.
>
> Next time I replace the disk, I'll likely change over to the BJ8 diaphragm
> spring clutch.
>
> --
> Steve Gerow
> Pasadena CA
> 59 BN6
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