Sounds like time to have wife help you install a clutch>
Greg in Fla
56 short
-----Original Message-----
From: BDober@aol.com <BDober@aol.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:46 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Problem in 1st Gear with Clutch - Help
>Well, I loaned Sparky ('54 3100) to my wife to haul hay last week, any
way,
>long story short she called me from steep driveway with 10 wet bales in the
>back and the 3 speed tranny stuck in third. Asked how she got up the drive
>way that far in 3rd (well you know the answer). Anyway after crawling
>underneath and freeing the linkage up by hand (ouch those fenton headers
can
>heat up those pipes), I got it back to shifting fine. But when engaging
first
>gear and letting the clutch out the whole thing shakes until it starts
>rolling and then settles down, (shifts at apeed to 2nd or 3rd are fine, not
>shaking). Appreciate any thoughts, my view is a.) Throw Out Bearing, b.)
>Clutch or Pressure Plate warped) (wife said she thought she smelled
something
>buring when going up the driveway). Any thoughts from list members
>appreciated, and how difficult is that to work on and replace (the clutch
>stuff not my wife)?
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
|