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Originally Posted by kodyo
Good to know, thanks for the tips. I wasn't sure since it's kind of hard to visualize all the parts within the housing. I'll keep this in mind if I ever have to relubricate the assembly.
Here's a thread on replacing the clutch that has some good pictures of what's inside the housing.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25054 |
Hello; I looked at your link. The clutch linkage, pressure plate, throwout bearing, slave cylinder, flywheel and bellhousing seem very similar to what I have worked on in the past. The chance of getting lube onto the disk surface if lube is put inside the bellhousing seems high. I would apply lube only to parts outside the bellhousing.
In the past I have owned manual shift cars with leaky rear main seals. This allowed engine oil to get onto the clutch disk. The clutch was then very grabby and would not engage smoothly. I would gently pull the car against a tree or post with the bumper touching. (This was back in the 1960's when cars had heavy metal bumpers.) I would lightly engage the clutch in first gear for a few seconds. This would cook some of the oil out of the surface of the clutch disk. Slipping the clutch on a hill sort of did the same. For a time the clutch would be ok. There were actual drawbacks and a some potential drawbacks.
The actual drawbacks were that the clutch disk was getting extra wear and all parts got hot. The potential was for glazing of the clutch disk and heat damage to the pressure plate and flywheel. Also a bent bumper was possible.
At some point (when funds were adequate) the clutch was replaced and the old rope seal at the rear of the crankshaft.