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.
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Steve Gerow
Pasadena CA
59 BN6
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