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Subject: Re: [Fot] Stuck clutch plate
From: John Hasty <jhhasty@gdhs.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:13:20 -0500
Cc: "<fot@autox.team.net>" <fot@autox.team.net>
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And back to bike days when a friend & I rebuilt the motor in his Bultaco
2stroke with Motoplat ignition (they ran backwards as good as forwards) and
when he started it and let the clutch out the bike went backwards through the
neighbors hedge!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 17, 2013, at 5:50 PM, "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> This is starting to get Fun...reminds me of when I was 10, and a neighbor
> gave me her son's Soap Box Derby Racer...It had an oak frame with sheet
> metal body nailed to it...The car was very 'Pointy'...I gave it a push to
> get it rolling in the garage...I slipped..the car took off without me...the
> pointed nose went right through the plaster wall and stuck into my parent's
> bedroom.. (:-)
> RB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of John Hasty
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:14 AM
> To: 'barry rosenberg'; 'Jim Norlin'; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stuck clutch plate
>
> And assume that you don't have a locked rear end.......
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of barry rosenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:58 AM
> To: Jim Norlin; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stuck clutch plate
>
> Jack up right rear wheel only with a good floor jack and get car running
and
> let warm up. Shut off car and put in third gear then re-crank car. Run up
to
> about 3,000 then have helper drop the jack quickly. Make sure you have the
> clutch pedal depressed and keep it depressed and that the car is aimed
> toward open area, not at your garage wall. The shock usually breaks the
> clutch loose.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jim Norlin
> <norlinengineering@comcast.net>
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday,
> December 17, 2013 11:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stuck clutch plate
>
>
> I've got a
> car with the same problem but it's been sitting for at least
> 15 years.  Got
> the engine to fire no problem, but the clutch is frozen.
> I tried all these
> ideas and more.  Every idea I could find on the internet.  Nothing worked.
> The car is for sale as is.
>
>> On 12/17/2013 5:55 AM, christopher bock wrote:
>> I
> had that problem years ago and I was told to put the car on jack stands
(bad
> idea come to think of it), put it in gear, start it, rev to around
> 1500-2000,
>> press clutch in, slam on breaks.  It worked for me then.
>>
>> Sincerely,
> Chris Bock
>> SeaCubeCo.com
>> 609-319-4322
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:36 AM,
> EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Group:
>>> I need the
> vast knowledge of our group to save me some time.
>>> I have a
>>> customer car
> that has sat for many years (5-6) and I'm trying to get it
>>> driving. The
> clutch hydraulics have been rebuilt, and everything moves as
>> it
>>> should. I
> have about 3/4" pushrod travel at the tranny cross shaft, but car
>>> won't
> come out of gear. It feels like the P/P is being depressed enough.
>> After
> sleeping on it (yes, I know, only a sick person lays in bed thinking about
> this) I believe the plate is stuck to the flywheel. I've seen it in another
> car not that long ago but I was doing the clutch anyway, so I had
>> everything
>>> out. I'd prefer to not pull everything to get to this unit.
>>> Any
> suggestions
>>> on a way to "jar" the plate loose? I tried just once yesterday
> starting the
>>> car in 1st and driving it hoping it would pop loose, but
> stopped after a
>> few
>>> moments. Looked lke a student driver :O)Any
> suggestions welcome.
>>> -Ed-
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