Another slipping clutch

bob ward

This clutch plate has been slipping very badly for some time so I'd better have a look at it. I see that quite a few corks are missing which can't be helping. Also the topmost spring in the photo is broken, would that cause the clutch to slip badly?

Or is there something else I'm missing?    

Lee ODell

Bob
No picture. Just this message. "Sorry, the requested page does not exist."
Lee O'Dell

BillUSN1

Try this.
http://s237.photobucket.com/user/sirrobertthegood/media/IMG_0038_zpsdf3d26f6.jpg.html

Beautiful Hudson.
Some very nice machine work going on too!

Lee ODell

WOW. A lot of missing corks.

Bob, I was 8 or 9 when Dad came home with a new 51 Hornet Sedan. Mom didn't like the color of the car and wanted it pained.
She chose the same colors as your car only reversed two done. It came back from the painter with the same color combination as yours. After Mom saw the repaint she liked it better that way than her choice. I think Dad may have suggested the change to the painter behind Moms back. I always like that color combination.

I wonder if a 47 Hudson PU would look good with that two tone combination. What are the colors called?

Thanks for the pictures.
Lee O'Dell

Uncle Josh

That disk shouldn't slip, even with the corks missing. Something else is awry. The broken spring might cause some chatter. However, you need the disk repaired. New spring and new corks. Then you need to fix what ever else is wrong.

Finger adjustment should be to spec. No bad springs in the pressure plate. No worn out throw-out bearing or shaft bushings. Proper free-play etc.

The mechanical procedure manual has a good section on clutches and how to repair and adjust them.

leegall

This may be a silly question, in the photo of the clutch
plate the center boss appears to have no spline for the input shaft  the
gearbox, how does it drive?

bob ward

This may be a silly question, in the photo of the clutch
plate the center boss appears to have no spline for the input shaft  the
gearbox, how does it drive?

We have a winner, this has been a leg pull.

I need to re-rivet a clutch centre. As part of the learning process (there is actually a fair bit involved in setting up to set the rivets consistently) I'm practising with a dead clutch plate and a dummy centre that I made.

BillUSN1

I didn't think anything of it since I saw all your other pics posted.

I thought you were removing the hub to install in a machined adapter to fit a different trans.

Uncle Josh

it's not nice to fool mother nature

leegall

its "Ok" you come from Lockyer Valley, Queensland    one of Joe's Banana benders