Date:         Sun, 5 Jun 2016 13:38:52 -0700
Reply-To:     "C. Abney" <tsudonimh@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "C. Abney" <tsudonimh@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      direct/reverse clutch varies from bentley 38.19
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btw, the direct/reverse clutch had 5 steel plates, with two together
at the bottom of the stack.  I wonder if that's why the friction
plates were stripped?

On 6/5/16, C. Abney <tsudonimh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thin f-plates all go in the forward clutch!  My initial (backwards)
> assumption about which plates go where got me here, and then I started
> fiddling, and then I lost the thread.
>
> Thanks for the clarification, Dennis.  You've been a great help and
> reassurance. :)
>
> On 6/5/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> To much to write. You may call me.
>>
>> 631-897-0345
>>
>> Sent from my Windows 10 phone
>>
>> From: C. Abney<mailto:tsudonimh@GMAIL.COM>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 2:49 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Subject: forward clutch assembly end-play
>>
>> Bentley says to check that "play (arrow) is between 0.5-0.9mm. If NO,
>> select new pressure plate from table." (p. 38.18, 090 AT)
>>
>> My first question is about that end play.  Is the top of the pressure
>> plate that distance below the wavy circlip that holds it in place when
>> the forward clutch assembly is installed and the circlip in place?
>>
>> Next is about the friction plates I received.  There are two groups
>> with different thicknesses that are otherwise the same.  Am I supposed
>> to swap these around to get the required end-play?  That's what I've
>> been doing.  I mean, I don't have, and I don't think anyone has
>> pressure plates of varying thicknesses lying around so this is the
>> only way I can imagine getting that right.
>>
>> I started off using the thicker ones, and couldn't get the circlip to
>> seat. Swapping two f-plates out lets me get the circlip seated, but
>> the steels and f-plates are bound and don't move... that's not the way
>> it should be, right?
>>
>> -Charles
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