Yep, Richard is correct here, but you'd think if the carrier was too long that fitting the slave rod etc would have been a bit difficult. Usually if the carrier is way too long, the release fork will pop off the pivot bolt when you engage the splines and then you cant get the trannie located all the way in - I guess if you get it in far enough to get the bolts started and then you can wind them up with a ratshit to pull the trannie into place. That would certainly jam things up against the pressure plate pretty bad. David did say in his post that he had a bit of difficulty getting it all to line up and the box to locate...
I assumed the all of the original bits were used, but it could be that the 280Z pressure plate and release bearing was used and not the 240Z, and then may be you've got different release arm etc coming into play, didn't 240Z have an adjustable arrangement like the original 1600's. You've got to be so careful mixing and matching Nissan clutch stuff. I hope this is the problem as it wont involve a lot of expense to correct, cause the problem that I originally thought of is not a nice one to recover from in most cases. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Clough Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2002 10:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 240Z clutch backwards?!?! Sounds like the length of your throwout bearing carrier is too long for the pressure plate thickness. It is a pretty common problem to have a pressure plate that is already thrown on assembly, if the bearing carrier is too long. It sounds even more likely as you say that you had some difficulty pushing the engine and gearbox together. Pressure plates and bearing carriers have to be a matched pair. Why does it engage when you hit the pedal? My guess it the already thrown pressure plate allows the thowout race carrier to move further forward and connect with the clutch plate, spinning it up, or "engaging" it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2002 14:28 PM Subject: 240Z clutch backwards?!?! > Guys, > > Ok there the story (i tend to write them long-winded sorry): > > L24 died, brought L28 (supercharged but thats a different issue). > Got a clutch with the L28 took it to local clutch place. "yes sir > pressure plate is fine, you'll need a new friction plate". Brought new > friction plate. > Assembled engine/clutch, notes: didn't clean my hands before putting on > the clutch so there might be a smear of grease (very light smear) on the > flywheels side, and also had a bit of difficulty getting the engine onto > g-box (as you do) so the engine ended up being partially supported by the > g/box for like a couple of seconds. > Anyway, finally put the whole thing together and kicked it into life, > loud as hell coz no exhaust and heres the punch line: > > The clutch it working backwards!! > > If you don't have your foot on the clutch you can change gears and put it > fully into gear etc etc. and if its in gear when you put your foot on the > clutch the car starts to move! Ie the clutch starts to but doesn't fully > engage while PUSHING ON THE CLUTCH! > > So my question is: What the hell have i done?! How is this possible?!?! > > The clutch place said it might be the spline in the middle of the > friction place (brand new) has been bent by the weight of the engine and > the friction plate is now sitting crocked or something? I dunno.. it just > doesn't seem possible to me. Oh and the actuator arm moves correctly and > everything and i checked its pointed on the pivot point correctly before > assembly. > > Any clues guys? I imagine i'll be pulling the engine out.. again.. > grrrrrrrr... > Thanks, > > Dave > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
