Clutch Linkage Help!!
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Clutch Linkage Help!!
I've been working my way through installing a new Centerforce Dual Friction clutch. It's in a Lakewood scatter sheild which I have always had. I did all the measurements as per the install instructions (yes, I actually read the instructions). Problem: the throw out arm (new) is hitting big time up against the floor board fiberglass when engaging the clutch. It was always close but now it's crunching glass real bad. Is there a cure for this clutch linkage geometry?? Pivot ball, throwout bearing?? Please don't tell me I have to pull the tranny again!! I'll go crazy!!
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From: Pace FL
I've been working my way through installing a new Centerforce Dual Friction clutch. It's in a Lakewood scatter sheild which I have always had. I did all the measurements as per the install instructions (yes, I actually read the instructions). Problem: the throw out arm (new) is hitting big time up against the floor board fiberglass when engaging the clutch. It was always close but now it's crunching glass real bad. Is there a cure for this clutch linkage geometry?? Pivot ball, throwout bearing?? Please don't tell me I have to pull the tranny again!! I'll go crazy!!
Either way it comes out or at least pulled back.
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From: Bowling Green KY
I went throught the same problems when I installed a centerforce clutch kit. I found that the adjustable ball helped, but didn't quite take care of the problem. I ended up buying an adjustable throw out bearing from McLeod. It basically presses together and has two or three "rings" that you can switch or stack. If I remember correctly, the one it came with did the trick.
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Corvettes do not use the same clutch fork (throwout arm) as any other GM car due to the floor pan. You need to use the corvette specific part.
Part CL-101, $66.95 at Zip
Note the biger curve on the Corvette part vice the standard GM part.
PS: I have over 10,000 miles on my CF Dual Friction and the only thing I had to swap was the pivot ball.
Part CL-101, $66.95 at Zip
Note the biger curve on the Corvette part vice the standard GM part.
PS: I have over 10,000 miles on my CF Dual Friction and the only thing I had to swap was the pivot ball.
Last edited by SteveG75; Aug 11, 2008 at 06:19 PM.
