Installing flywheel.

[Sniper]

22 minutes ago, Sam Buchanan said:

 

 

If I was young enough I probably would be messing with some sort of Japanese abomination instead of an old Mopar.......   ?

 

I dunno, my son is 17 and enjoys working on my old car.  When I was shopping for a car for him to take to college I sent him a pic of a Ford Ficus ST and a BWM 535i, he didn't pick the Ford.  Of course, I now make him do all the work on the BMW, which only makes him appreciate the Plymouth even more, lol.

[jgreg53]

Well, I got everything back together, new pan gasket, resurfaced flywheel, new gaskets in transmission. New motor mounts. Had to readjust clutch and pedal freeplay. Ran her around the block a few times. No more leaks, so far. No more chatter in the  clutch.

[Sam Buchanan]

Sounds good. I too have a resurfaced flywheel, new pressure plate and disc.....but clutch chatter. ?

[keithb7]

This one might help to fix clutch chatter:

 

 

[Sam Buchanan]

Thank you for the link. Yes, that is interesting and reinforces my hunch that I'm dealing with a wobble in the flywheel which is most likely a crank flange that isn't running true or a flywheel with a manufacturing defect. The old clutch had some chatter, that is what I wanted to eliminate with the new one, but the chatter persists. It does seem to be improving some but the new clutch in my TR6 was smooth from hour one. But.....shimming the flywheel means the tranny, oil pan and rear main cap have to come off again.....gonna have to decide if a little chatter is tolerable.....but it irks me that after spending the $$$$'s and hours on the new installation it still isn't right.

 

Also interesting that his experience with the new release bearing was identical to mine......the thing was junk, noisy and slinging grease. I replaced the no-name new bearing with the old one which carried a USA trademark.

 

One other possibility is the arms on the pressure plate not being adjusted for identical throw/pressure. The junk release bearing has me wondering if the aftermarket pressure plate may leave something to be desired. Replacement parts for our cars is really problematic these days.

Edited December 22, 2022 by Sam Buchanan

[chris 48 P15]

the release bearing is a regular made part

part # bca 1505 commonly used on many applications

 

[Sam Buchanan]

31 minutes ago, chris 48 P15 said:

the release bearing is a regular made part

part # bca 1505 commonly used on many applications

 

I ordered a 1505 but it didn't fit the sleeve on my car, had to return it.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UEFMSI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Edited December 22, 2022 by Sam Buchanan

[chris 48 P15]

maybe cause of my clutch chatter