Re: [HSS] 29 Clutch Throwout "Collar"

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Hudson29@aol.com wrote:

>

> In cleaning and painting bits and pieces from the '29 clutch/transmission

> assembly, I ran across a machined cast iron "collar" that slides on a bush

> surrounding the transmission input shaft. It's purpose is to communicate

> motion from the throwout fork to the throwout bearing.

> The collar has a set screw that looks like it should ride in a slot

> machined in the bush that the collar rides on. Is this correct? If so, this

> one is WAY out of adjustment, being 1/8" shy of being flush with the inner

> surface of the collar. To ride in the slot, it would have to be deeper yet.

> Is there perhaps another little piece that the set screw pushes into the

> slot? How should this assembly be setup and adjusted?

>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

>

Paul, if you look on page 8 of the '29 owner's manual, I think you will

see this "set screw" which is actually a tapered plug, which is removed

for lubricating the throw-out bearing. In practice this lubrication is

usually not done, as there is enough clutch fluid around to provide

lubrication for the throw-out bearing.

Geoff