weird clutch install problem
#1
weird clutch install problem
i am installing a t-5 in my 5.0 mustang and i am going to install the new clutch and i noticed that the outside edge of the pressure plate is about 3/8" away from touching the flywheel. is this normal? i can run in the bolts to make it contact the flywheel but they feel too tight and actually broke one off. i got the broken bolt out but something isn't right. here are some pics to show you what i am talking about.
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_5573.jpg
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_5574.jpg
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_5568.jpg
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_5573.jpg
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_5574.jpg
http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_5568.jpg
Last edited by bnichols04; 09-13-2010 at 04:29 PM.
#3
Can't see your pics but a pressure plate should be against the flywheel.
The tension you are feeling is the pressure plate compressing the clutch. It's most likey over 2000lbs to compress a clutch, it will not go in finger tight.
Are your dowel pins in the pressure plate and make sure you tighten in a cross pattern and torque to spec.
The tension you are feeling is the pressure plate compressing the clutch. It's most likey over 2000lbs to compress a clutch, it will not go in finger tight.
Are your dowel pins in the pressure plate and make sure you tighten in a cross pattern and torque to spec.
#9
sometimes the powder coating on the new plate will cause it to stick on the dowel pins, which requires a little beating with a hammer to get them down.
but i'm gonna go with something wrong with the disc install.
but i'm gonna go with something wrong with the disc install.