[Shotimes] Lowrider's down (again) but not out....got a question....

[Leigh Smith]

George;
I gotta agree with Don.
It's so much work to get at, even if you do it yourself, it's just not worth
cutting corners.
Do yourself and Lowrider a favor and put a new clutch in it.
The TRW one I bought was a brand new Valeo unit, had the rev B type bearing,
and was only about $240.
Spend the extra $50 to have the flywheel cut too, and it will shift better
than a hot knife thru butter.
If you don't cut the flywheel, you'll be sorry, I was, and I re-did it.
Wasn't much fun pulling that thing twice!
Lee
PS: If you think it is a strap, don't run it at all! Or the strap cut cut
thru your belhousing / trans case like a saw-zall. Lowrider deserves better!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Lowrider's down (again) but not out....got a
question....


> George,
>
> I can't imagine you trying to fix that pressure plate, I know you are a
> great fix-it kind of guy, and love to find solutions, but as long as you
> have it apart anyway, just put in a new clutch and bearing.  replace the
> plastic bits in the housing and the shift fork if you haven't before,
> and you may find, like I did, that your high mile SHO drives better than
> new (or than you remember new being!).  Unless you are going to
> sell/junk the trusty SHO, I would treat it to some new stuff.
>
> Don
>
> George Fourchy wrote:
>
> >Well...
> >
> >Made one uneventful good trip to work and back yesterday, after getting
the new fuel
> >filter, but today was another story.  After about 15 minutes of driving,
I started
> >hearing scraping sounds over the music, and felt things in the floor and
pedals,
> >especially the clutch.  It sounded like a metallic whipping sound, and
got worse
> >when I pressed the clutch in.  After slowing down, it got better as the
engine revs
> >decreased.  I turned around and took Slorider to work instead.
> >
> >All day I was thinking about what it was, and whether Eva was finally
correct in
> >saying "He's tired, let him retire.....you're just greedy!!!"  LOL!!
> >
> >As I'm arriving home tonight, I realized what it was.  I was all ready
for it to be
> >the TOB....ceramic and all.  It has about 100k miles, and had started to
get rough
> >the last few weeks, and a bit noisy.  But I don't think that is what it
is, because
> >it works OK when going slow.  I think it is a strap that has come off the
pressure
> >plate.  (I've heard about enough of these things, but never seen one.)
At higher
> >revs it sounds like it spins out and whips against the inside of the bell
housing,
> >but when going slow it stays away and is quiet.  The clutch engages and
disengages
> >fine....no chattering or other malfunctions....just the noise at high
speed.  I
> >actually started for work again this morning after turning around one
time...it had
> >quieted down on city streets.  But on the freeway it started again.  So
home I came,
> >and it is in the garage.
> >
> >So....since I spent all that money on it last year getting a new rear
half, I think
> >a (half) clutch change isn't beyond reason, especially if I can get a
deal on the
> >labor from my friendly clutch guy in town.  It doesn't need a disc, or a
TOB, unless
> >they are obviously damaged upon inspection.  It only has to go a few
thousand more
> >miles, and I have a couple of bucks.  I'd be glad to try it myself, but I
just don't
> >have time.
> >
> >So...the question....
> >
> >Is that pressure plate repairable, or must it be replaced.  I don't
hotrod the car
> >at all anymore....the most revs it sees is maybe 5500 getting ahead of
some idiot on
> >the freeway when I merge into traffic.  The rest of the time it cruises
at 3000 or
> >less.  (Not much less!!)
> >
> >Thoughts?     I'll be asking Josh T. about another pressure plate....I
don't suppose
> >this one is rebuildable.
> >
> >George
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