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| | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 36 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 36 | I am hooking up a T-5 to a 250 and I ran into some problems last night. I have an 11" clutch with an 11" pressure plate from a sbc, and I also made my own spacer out of 1/2" steel. Last night after I got everything bolted up I hopped in the truck started it up, put the clutch in and tried to put in reverse, and all I got was grinding. To me this means that the clutch is not disengaging, but before I installed it I made sure the clutch had some clearance (1/4"). Does the clutch just need to be adjusted?
1964 c-10
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 154 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 154 | Check to make sure the pressure plate fingers are adjusted. I made the mastake of not checking. Many pressure plates today if not all of them need to be adjusted before assembly.
Aslo your clutch pedle may need to be adjusted. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | I would make sure that you are getting enough movement on the TO bearing to fully release the clutch. There is an adjustment on the TO arm pivot.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 36 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 36 | How is the pressure plate adjusted? How can you adjust the TO arm pivot.
1964 c-10
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | THe pressure plate has no adjustment. The linkage should be adjusted so there is about 1/2 to 1" free play. Prop the clutch pedal down or have someone hold it down, & get underneath & remove the lower cover. See if the pressure plate is backed away from the disc. If it is & the disc is pushed up against the flywheel, Then your spacer is not thick enough. Take the trans out & grind the grooves in the shaft so the disc will slide back further.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 36 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 36 | okay thanks. It is a pain in the $%^ to get that tranny in there with the adapter plate and everything else, especially when I am by myself. I guess I will have to grind on the grooves because it is touching with the clutch all the way in. I am almost considering just going back to the sm420. We'll see. Thanks again, Lance
1964 c-10
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | I would grind a bit off the clutch-disc hub myself if you just need the bit of clearance it sounds like you need. you have already added a spacer
30 seconds with a 4.5" grinder vs a 15 minutes with a die-grinder and the posibility of adding a stress riser to the input shaft.
Just my $.02
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
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