Whistling When Pressing Clutch

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

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Personally, I've never had trouble massaging a disc into place with those plastic tools. It just takes some feel and patience.

A picture of ol @Ultramaroon "massaging" something into place with "feel and patience" -

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

A picture of ol @Ultramaroon "massaging" something into place with "feel and patience" -

Right tool for the job

[bcj]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Right tool for the job

Who?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I'm not suggesting "do it this way." I'm just sharing, FWIW. If a verus fork dropped into my lap, here's how I'd play it.

There are two critical flaws in the factory design.
1. The main pivot begins to creak - a violent event given the forces involved - when the socket wears into the flat face of the ball deeply enough. No amount of lube prevents that.
2. The center bushing of the TOB and that quill are a shit combination. When the fretting gets deep enough, they bind.

If the verus ball is fully spherical, I'd modify the verus fork to fit the tsk bearing.

Otherwise, I'd modify the old fork the same way I did the last time I had mine apart. I used a dremel to grind out enough of the center of the socket so none of it ever comes into contact with the flat part of the ball. It has cured the creak.

Modifying the Verus fork to fit doesn't seem like an option. At least not one I'm willing to try.

I don't understand the flat ball problem. The Verus pivot actually has a bit more flat space on top, but that could be because the OEM bearing has been worn down a bit?

Really, it's coming down to if I want to do the extra work for a slightly tougher clutch and order that and a TOB, or just install what I have with the stock fork while my dad and/or brothers are here to help lol. Stock fork looks good, but there was a lot of clutch dust in the bell housing...

[Spuds]

New question, what grease should I use to get the shifter bracket pins back into place? Tech manual from @Ultramaroon sig () indicates to use MP grease. I've got some Mobil 1Synthetic Grease, but I read that might damage the rubber bushing over time.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Spuds

New question, what grease should I use to get the shifter bracket pins back into place? Tech manual from @Ultramaroon sig () indicates to use MP grease. I've got some Mobil 1Synthetic Grease, but I read that might damage the rubber bushing over time.

I switched to this stuff the last time I dropped the trans to fix the creak. It has held up well coming up on three years. The factory stuff and equivalents are junk. They separate and end up as a sticky, hard mess.


I pulled the ball off of my original to take pics but it, and my original fork aren't worn nearly enough to visibly illustrate the wear pattern.


edit: Oops... I should read more carefully before replying. Sorry about that. I have an ancient little tub of NAPA-branded axle grease for the MP stuff.