[Tigers] Clutch activation

[Owain Lloyd]

surprised nobody has mentioned the pilot bushing.

my jag engine was similar when i first put it together but fixed itself
after about 100 miles of driving over the course of a week.   i put it down
to a sticky pilot bushing as i'd forgotten to grease it up.   it was fine
once moving but engaging reverse or first from stationary (particularly
reverse) would be difficult and sometime grind.

of course I may be wrong, but the fact that it fixed itself might give you
course for hope :)


On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Smit, Theo <Theo.Smit at dynastream.com> wrote:

> An easy test for a dragging clutch is to stop the car with the engine
> running,
> depress the clutch and select first; then select reverse. If you can do
> that
> without grinding-gear noises, take it out of reverse, leave it in neutral
> for
> a few seconds, and then try to re-select reverse. There should be
> negligible
> engagement noise. If there is lots of noise and/or it's not possible to
> select
> reverse (or, once you do, the car really 'wants' to go backwards) then the
> clutch is dragging. It could be, aside from the hydraulic or throwout
> lever/bearing issues already mentioned, that the clutch disc is damaged or
> warped.
>
> Theo
>
>
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