bellemecanique.ch Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 Hello everyone, I'm repairing a friend's Plymouth P23 1952 and am currently working on the clutch. I have faceturned the flywheel and got a new clutch. Unfortunately, the clutch release levers were set very differently. That's why it plucked. Because a bad mechanic worked on it before me, I now don't know what the original setting was.... Unfortunately, the repair manual does not give any measurement (from the surface of the flywheel to the height of the release lever). It merely states that the correct dimension can be set using device no. C-985 and bushing no. 20 and the 3 feeler gauges... But now I'm sitting here in Switzerland with medium language skills without the device and even the clutch profis here have no idea about the matter... Can anyone give me information on the height of the fingers in relation to the running surface of the flywheel when mounted? Best regards and thanks: Thomas Neeser Quote
bellemecanique.ch Posted March 27 Author Report Posted March 27 And here are some more pictures to clarify which measure I mean... 🙂 Of course, I then set the 3 clutch release levers to the same height with the dial gauge.... Quote
bellemecanique.ch Posted March 27 Author Report Posted March 27 Oh I forgot to say: It is a 9 1/4" Borg and Beck Clutch.... Quote
desoto1939 Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 Here is some information from my 1939 Desoto Clutch section from my service manual. I do have the Miller Pressure plate rebuilding tool with the various sleeves for setting up and rebuilding the PP. Looks like .005 inch clearance between. This is the best I can do and this is for a Borg&Beck PP. Rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com USA all the way. Quote
bellemecanique.ch Posted Wednesday at 06:04 PM Author Report Posted Wednesday at 06:04 PM Thank you very much for your answers and the funny video 🙂 I couldn't adjust the clutch without a jig. So I asked at ramclutches.com. I was pleased to receive the following information from Mike Norcia: "Thomas – typically on a Borg and Beck, the levers would set up with a .200-.250” gap between the lever and the inner lip of the cover, where it draws in when you bolt the plate down… Thanks, Mike Norcia" I have learned from this that the clutch travel should be limited by the levers so that the clutch cannot wear down to the rivets! Depth to the rivets: 2 x 1.7mm = 3.4mm Height under the clutch basket: 2.8mm This means, that if the clutch is worn evenly on both sides, there is 0.3mm left so that the rivets do not destroy the flywheel and the pressure plate... Maybe that helps someone else in the future.... Greetings: Thomas / Bellemecanique.ch Quote
bellemecanique.ch Posted Wednesday at 06:11 PM Author Report Posted Wednesday at 06:11 PM And @ OUTFXD: Here Swiss improvisational art: handbrake ratchet overturning without disassembly.... 🙂 Greetings: Thomas / Bellemecanique.ch P3310467.mp4 1 Quote
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