Irony
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:04 PM |
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Rover V8 Clutch
Have read all the posts on here about Rover V8 clutches (cheers WilkingJ for your informative posts yet again) and having read my overhaul manuals I
have finally got round to taking apart my V8 Clutch. i need to get it off to get the engine up on a stand.
Inside I find a bunch of rusty components that to me (having never taken apart a clutch) seem a write off. I don't even have a release lever,
release bearing or a release lever pivot post.
Should I try to source all these parts new, and try and put them together. Or should I go to the local breakers and see if they have a whole assembly
that they can sell me (and then buy a new friction plate). Or are any of my parts good candidates for refurbishment?
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Irony
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:04 PM |
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Irony
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:05 PM |
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Irony
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:06 PM |
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:06 PM |
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Thinking about it
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:11 PM |
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Buy new, it's not worth buying a cluch from the breakers, they are not that expensive.
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Canada EH!
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:17 PM |
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If you buy a clutch kit it should come with pressure plate, disk, release bearing, and an alignment tool.
Have the flywheel resurfaced, take a look at the ring gear for wear, then put it all back together with a new bearing in the crank.
Check the USA sites.
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Irony
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posted on 3/2/10 at 11:26 PM |
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So if I buy a clutch kit I get the Clutch cover and the diaphragm spring as one unit? A quick search on Paddock spares reveals I do. Thats easier
than I thought then.
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boggle
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posted on 4/2/10 at 08:29 AM |
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if you need an allignment tool i made for the rover v8, i can send it to you for you to use but will need it back at some point...
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Irony
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posted on 4/2/10 at 09:35 AM |
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My overhaul manual just mentions cleaning the flywheel rather than having it resurfaced. Is just cleaning exceptable or does it have to be
resurfaced. What does resurfacing entail? Like skimming?
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Canada EH!
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posted on 4/2/10 at 06:24 PM |
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Like skimming, why fill your new clutch disc with rust, will make it very graby (is that a word) until the rust wears off.
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