Do I need to pull the engine out again?
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Do I need to pull the engine out again?
So after about 3 weeks of work, including completely detailing the engine compartment, and completely rewiring most of the car thanks to a rodent infestation, I finally dropped my engine back into place, and got the old girl fired up. (Note: I replaced the throwout bearing while the engine was out, but the clutch itself is only 2 years old & less than 5K miles) She ran great, but as soon as I pushed the clutch in to pull her out of the garge, and got a very unfriendly tick-tick-tick sound. The noise is very fast paced - sounds like it is at engine speed, and only occurs when the clutch is pressed in. Could the new throwout bearing be bad? I was very careful when installing it to make sure that I lined the bearing up in the fork correctly. I also verified that the bearing was the same overall thickness as the one I was replacing (however they werent identical in terms of outer diameter). I played around on sunday adjusting the clutch linkage, but couldnt get the noise to go away. Am I pulling the motor again to look at that bearing?
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So after about 3 weeks of work, including completely detailing the engine compartment, and completely rewiring most of the car thanks to a rodent infestation, I finally dropped my engine back into place, and got the old girl fired up. (Note: I replaced the throwout bearing while the engine was out, but the clutch itself is only 2 years old & less than 5K miles) She ran great, but as soon as I pushed the clutch in to pull her out of the garge, and got a very unfriendly tick-tick-tick sound. The noise is very fast paced - sounds like it is at engine speed, and only occurs when the clutch is pressed in. Could the new throwout bearing be bad? I was very careful when installing it to make sure that I lined the bearing up in the fork correctly. I also verified that the bearing was the same overall thickness as the one I was replacing (however they werent identical in terms of outer diameter). I played around on sunday adjusting the clutch linkage, but couldnt get the noise to go away. Am I pulling the motor again to look at that bearing?
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So after about 3 weeks of work, including completely detailing the engine compartment, and completely rewiring most of the car thanks to a rodent infestation, I finally dropped my engine back into place, and got the old girl fired up. (Note: I replaced the throwout bearing while the engine was out, but the clutch itself is only 2 years old & less than 5K miles) She ran great, but as soon as I pushed the clutch in to pull her out of the garge, and got a very unfriendly tick-tick-tick sound. The noise is very fast paced - sounds like it is at engine speed, and only occurs when the clutch is pressed in. Could the new throwout bearing be bad? I was very careful when installing it to make sure that I lined the bearing up in the fork correctly. I also verified that the bearing was the same overall thickness as the one I was replacing (however they werent identical in terms of outer diameter). I played around on sunday adjusting the clutch linkage, but couldnt get the noise to go away. Am I pulling the motor again to look at that bearing?
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I had a small block '69 chevelle that had a rpm tick years...drove me crazy. Finally put the car on jack stands had some one start the car. I could immedialy see the flywheel was hitting the inner corner of the inspection plate. Grabbed some tinsnips and cut off the 3/8 tab (for lack of a better word) and noise was gone forever.
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I had a small block '69 chevelle that had a rpm tick years...drove me crazy. Finally put the car on jack stands had some one start the car. I could immedialy see the flywheel was hitting the inner corner of the inspection plate. Grabbed some tinsnips and cut off the 3/8 tab (for lack of a better word) and noise was gone forever.
Tom1701
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