[Shotimes] Problems after clutch job...

[James White]

After many,  many miles and 13 years of MTX SHOs, and about 8 or 
9 clutches, I have had this chatter happen twice.

Either it is the nature of the beast, or it is the lack of accuracy 
of the guys that grind the flywheels.

The current '95MTX chatters a bit, but only at lower engine speeds.
I work around this by keepings the revs up a bit.  

Rare that a SHO clutch friction material wears out before the release 
finngers.

If it helps, keep the revs up and slip the clutch more than, maybe 
you would like to.  That is what I do now.  Not too long from now,
I'll have a new clutch/reground flywheel...

regards, Jim White
'95mtx - 204k
'95mtx - 265k - sold
93mtx - 285k - runs, but has problems


At Tuesday, 23 May 2006, Edward Mazurek <emazurek@cisco.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On my 95 MTX I replaced the clutch with a shonut HD pressure
>plate, disc and ceramic throwout bearing. I had the flywheel
>ground as well.
>
>Once I put it all together the clutch seemed very smooth and
>good. Then, it seemed to get worse. On the inital take-up of
>the clutch, the car would move forward smoothly. However, towards
>the end of the clutch engagement, the car starts to shake.
>I don't feel anything in the clutch pedal itself but the car
>really shakes.
>
>Another aspect of this is that it doesn't seem to do this when
>the car has just started up first thing (when the engine is cold).
>
>Did I do something wrong? I've replaced several clutches in my
>time and never had a problem like this.
>
>One thing I thought of, especially considering the fact it is
>OK just starting off and gets worse once everything is warmed
>up, is that could my engine mounts be bad? I didn't seem to
>have a problem befor the clutch job, just a little chatter
>and the clutch wasn't disengaging properly.
>
>Any and all comments welcome!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ed
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