Ours were so bad, you could move the rank fore and aft by hand without a
pry bar. I replaced ours in the car. Dropped the pan and did the rod
bearings and thrust washers at the same time. Didn't write it up,
someone else maybe.
Dave
bushwacker4@zoomtown.com wrote:
> Put your pry bar between the frame member under the steering rack and push
>against the crank pulley to move it as far back as you can. You might even see
>it move while you do it. The tolerance is pretty small so if you do, you have
>a problem. I think the max is .006 but check a manual to be sure. There was a
>person on the list who did a thrust washer replacement with the engine in the
>car. He wrote a step by step instructional piece but I don't think that I have
>it . You might search the archives or put a call out to the list. If my memory
>is any good it might have been Chris King???
>
> ---- Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Wow, thats a good one.
>> I think you may well be correct - somehow that jives with the noise and
>jolting.
>> As far as checking it - if you pry against the crank pulley aren't you
>pulling the crank to the front of the car? I assume you put the crow bar
>between the pulley and the block, or did you mean someplace else?
>> Many thanks for this idea - I'll get the wife to help me out tonight!
>> Cheers, Adrian
>> PS. Can these thrust washers be replaced from the bottom of the car after
>removing the oil pan?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: bushwacker4@zoomtown.com
>>> Sent: Oct 30, 2006 8:26 AM
>>> To: Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@earthlink.net>, Spridgets
><spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>> Subject: Re: Clunk
>>>
>>> Well, I've got the back of the car (1500 Midget) up on jack stands trying
>to track the clunking noise.
>>>
>>> Adrian, check the tolerance at the crank. Sounds like your thrust washers
>are ready to fall out. Pry against the crank pulley pushing the crank to the
>rear of the car. Have an assistant depress the clutch pedal as you watch the
>crank. If you can see it move (and you probably will) the washers need to be
>replaced.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Kent
>>> 1960 Bugeye
>>> 1975 Midget - some day auto-x-er
>>> 1973 TR-6 - no longer leaking gas into the trunk!
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