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06-08-2014, 10:54 AM
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burnt clutch
Have about 200 miles on my centerpiece duel friction clutch and its slipping and smells like it burning when I punch it.now what ?does it just need adjusting ?
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64 tempest wagon 421 gasser 
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06-08-2014, 11:02 AM
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Might be too late for adjusting, sounds like it already has been glazed. Check all you clutch linkage geometry, adjust properly and above all, do not rest your foot on the pedal while driving. It wears your throw out bearing, your clutch, and mainly the thrust surface of your crankshaft and number four main bearing (Thrust bearing).
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1978 Black & Gold T/A [complete 70 Ram Air III (carb to pan) PQ and 12 bolt], fully loaded, deluxe, WS6, T-Top car - 1972 Formula 455HO Ram Air numbers matching Julep Green - 1971 T/A 455, 320 CFM Eheads, RP cam, Doug's headers, Fuel injection, TKX 5 Spd. 12 Bolt 3.73, 4 wheel disc. All A/C cars |
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06-08-2014, 11:53 AM
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Yeah, sounds glazed over. Don't the directions say to drive it gently for a few hundred miles to break in the clutch?
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__________________________________________ "How I learned to stop worrying and love the OHC Pontiac L6"  The Silver Buick- '77 Skylark coupe w/455, SPX, MegaSquirt 3 & TKO-600 (Drag Week 2011, 2012 & 2015!) 1969 Firebird with a turbo'd Pontiac L6 controlled by a MegaSquirt 3 and backed with a microsquirt controlled 4L60e and 4.56 gears! (Drag Week 2018!) |
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06-08-2014, 11:59 AM
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Did you resurface the flywheel?
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1978 Black & Gold T/A [complete 70 Ram Air III (carb to pan) PQ and 12 bolt], fully loaded, deluxe, WS6, T-Top car - 1972 Formula 455HO Ram Air numbers matching Julep Green - 1971 T/A 455, 320 CFM Eheads, RP cam, Doug's headers, Fuel injection, TKX 5 Spd. 12 Bolt 3.73, 4 wheel disc. All A/C cars |
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#5
06-09-2014, 01:35 AM
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How much free-play do you have in the clutch pedal? Sounds like it might have been adjusted up where there wasn't full pressure on the disk.
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06-09-2014, 11:03 AM
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turns out i had no play and my adjustment rod was all the way in.luckly i had a nother one that was shorter.it seems fine now.thank you all for the help.i will be fixing a rear main oil leak later this year so i will check the clutch then.
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64 tempest wagon 421 gasser
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