Re: [VintageLambo] Second Gear

Hi John, If you are confident that the components of the clutch assembly are OK, I don"t see a problem with some spacers to shorten the rod length. On the other hand, something is amiss. I can"t see flywheel wear causing what you describe. I had my flywheel machined two times before I finally had it flame sprayed and returned to original thickness. In spite of two trips to the machine shop, the adjustment was more than able to compensate for the removed metal. My flywheel is really odd. It has a brass insert where the the clutch disk engages. I am the second owner of the car and I don"t think the previous owner (who only owned the car two years) did anything to the flywheel so I think it was a factory unit. I have never figured out why the brass? Heat dissipation, friction relief? I don"t have a clue. Have you had the clutch out of the car? I would be curious to see if all the pieces are OEM or not. Maybe the throwout bearing is not standard, or maybe like you said, the slave cylinder is a replacement. Whatever the case, if you are satisfied that wear is not an issue, go ahead and use the spacers. Glad to hear the shifting improved. We"re not using the air conditioners here in San Diego right now, but it never snows and the average year-round temperature is 72 degrees F (which explains why, after being posted here in San Diego while in the Navy, I never returned to my original home in Montana ;-) ). Happy New Year, Jack John Allott wrote: Jack, You"ve opened a new question with you comment The fact that you are at full length on the adjustment is usually indicative of a pretty worn clutch disk. I don"t believe I have a wear problem with the clutch According to the previous owner When the engine was rebuilt, there was a problem getting the clutch to engage fully, so they decided this was due to the flywheel being worn and needed to be replaced. A brand new flywheel was purchased (Australian $2100) along with a refurbished pressure plate (2000 miles ago). I have the original flywheel and it doesn"t appear to be scored etc so I"m not sure that there was major wear on it. What are your thoughts on an incorrect slave cylinder having been used and if I end up putting spacers between the slave mounting bracket and the bell housing, (which I should be able to do without disconnecting the hydraulic lines or removal of any components) what would be the impact on clutch operation - would it open far enough ? As for changed operation of the gear box after the adjustment - the box does feel lighter between ALL gears, I tried a straight shift from 3rd to 2nd (where I have trouble) with minimal effort at rev matching etc and had a minor "clash", much less than prior to the adjustment, syncro does work from 1st to reverse and back again - never tried it before so I don"t know if it is an improvement in this area. General Comment - much improved gear box performance following the adjustment to the slave push rod free play :-) :-) Thanks for the help John As An Aside Current temperature around 34 degrees C with our airconditioners running - just in case you you snow bound Northern Hemisphere persons would like to know what its like DOWNUNDER :-)) jallott@albury.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Riddell To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [VintageLambo] Second Gear Hi John, The fact that you are at full length on the adjustment is usually indicative of a pretty worn clutch disk. Even so, having that small bit of pedal travel will help your shifting and it will help reduce further wear. With no pedal travel, you are in a condition where the throwout bearing is making contact with the fingers of the pressure plate, and in extreme cases, you may actually cause some clutch engagement and this will often cause clutch slippage under acceleration - not a good thing and can lead to expensive clutch work. I didn"t mention th