Not what I was expecting

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti) 01/04/2020 at 21:33 • Filed to: None

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I thought I was going to find a wrecked TOB, and was dreading finding a wobbly pilot bearing. Turns out the clutch came apart. Two tabs holding the body of the clutch broke. The dampening springs were just rattling around with only the pressure plate keeping them in place. Springs and pressure plate were all scored up with quite a bit of glazing on the flywheel. Clutch is all Sachs branded, so it looks like I can blame this one on ze Germans. Only thing I can think of that would cause something like this is a clutch dump or a defective clutch plate.

ClassicDatsunDebate > DipodomysDeserti 01/04/2020 at 22:27

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Ive seen that before on a fox body GT.  It’s like the rivets weren’t seated properly or something.  Oh, and German engineers are never culpable from my experience...it MUST have been operating outside of its intended design. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > DipodomysDeserti 01/04/2020 at 22:42

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Ouch

DipodomysDeserti > ClassicDatsunDebate 01/04/2020 at 22:47

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This had metal tabs that were bent through the plate ra ther than rivets. Two of the tabs sheered completely off. Turning about the same number of torques as an old five-O

ClassicDatsunDebate > DipodomysDeserti 01/04/2020 at 23:03

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Yeah weirdness 

shop-teacher > DipodomysDeserti 01/04/2020 at 23:22

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Damn Germans!

brianbrannon > DipodomysDeserti 01/05/2020 at 11:06

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All the friction material came off. The tech didn't put the shift fork in right

DipodomysDeserti > brianbrannon 01/05/2020 at 18:13

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Damn. That must have sounded wonderful.