Topic: Clutch Disc Orientation....

[Cavu2usf]

Again, I never noted it on removal:

Which side goes toward the engine?

Photo #1 here......



..... Or Photo #2 here?


Clearance issues with the Clutch Fingers tells me Pic #2 faces the Flywheel.   Am I right? 

Thanks.
Steve

[H8PVMNT]

I think that's right, but... Do yourself a favor and get a fresh one since you have it apart. I tried to re-use a still acceptable factory clutch with a bunch of miles on it when I put my stuff together.  It spun out and smoked the disc on thick gear oil at -27F.  I had to use a crummy autozone clutch to fix it because it was all I could get on a Sunday in BFE Montana. I was concerned about using a cheapo clutch. It was only $70, it's been over a year of towing and abuse and it's still working great.


I think Napa sells one for like $140 that's even the OEM brand.

[Cavu2usf [OP]]

I think that's right, but... Do yourself a favor and get a fresh one since you have it apart. I tried to re-use a still acceptable factory clutch with a bunch of miles on it when I put my stuff together.  It spun out and smoked the disc on thick gear oil at -27F.  I had to use a crummy autozone clutch to fix it because it was all I could get on a Sunday in BFE Montana. I was concerned about using a cheapo clutch. It was only $70, it's been over a year of towing and abuse and it's still working great.


I think Napa sells one for like $140 that's even the OEM brand.

Thank you sir! 

It's not the cost that stops me from replacement. It's just the fact that there's only about 5,000 miles on it AND the Clutch, and it was as dry as a bone in Twenty-Nine Stumps. Besides, I don't work the truck that hard and/or that often. The whole reason for this rebuild was an insidious pin-hole leak in the lower radiator hose shootin' straight down on the road. No smoke, no smell, no noise, just a slightly noticeable slowdown in speed. When little/no change in speed with gas pedal happened, I right away looked at the Temp Gauge. PEGGED TO H The damage was done.   After all, how many of us include the temp gauge in our scan when just driving down the Interstate on a day of average temperature?

Steve

[H8PVMNT]

OK I would run it then!

[emsvitil]

Flatside towards flywheel.


https://www.yotatech.com/f116/what-side-clutch-goes-flywheel-265188/

[Gnarly4X]

....  After all, how many of us include the temp gauge in our scan when just driving down the Interstate on a day of average temperature?

Steve

I "scan" my instruments *constantly* while driving any of my vehicles, especially my Toyota truck.  It is a habit I got into and I do it almost subconsciously.  Here in AZ in the summer months we can get up to 110+ degrees.

Gnarls.

[Gnarly4X]

Thank you sir! 

... there's only about 5,000 miles on it AND the Clutch, and it was as dry as a bone in Twenty-Nine Stumps...
hen just driving down the Interstate on a day of average temperature?

I would take a clean wire brush and clean clutch disc and blow it off with compressed air, if you have a compressor.  I would also take a wooden flat block of wood and a piece of emery cloth and clean the flywheel and the pressure plate then wipe those two metal surfaces with a clean cloth and brake cleaner, MEK, acetone, or lacquer thinner.

Gnarls.

[Cavu2usf [OP]]

Flatside towards flywheel.


https://www.yotatech.com/f116/what-side-clutch-goes-flywheel-265188/

Thanks much for the thread emsvitil. 

Installed today!









Helps havin a retired DC-10 Mechanic for a neighbor too.


It's in.


Thanks for the help guys.
Steve

[Cavu2usf [OP]]

I "scan" my instruments *constantly* while driving any of my vehicles, especially my Toyota truck.  It is a habit I got into and I do it almost subconsciously.  Here in AZ in the summer months we can get up to 110+ degrees.

Gnarls.

Yes, drivin in the desert would make me more conscience of that life-sustaining engine instrument too I sure.   I-5 is almost a stone's throw from the Pacific down here: Cool with westerly breezes even in August. Weather's the only reason this retiree's still here.

Steve

[Gnarly4X]

Hey Cavu2usf,

What year is that primered Corvette.... 70, 71, 72, or 73?

Are your restoring it, or just storing it?

Just curious.

Gnarls.

[Gnarly4X]

... get a fresh one since you have it apart.....

This is good advice when you have the tranny pulled.  But....since I don't pull anything and don't wheel with this truck right now, I did not install a new clutch disc this time, which I may kick my dumb-a$$ for later.  I had about 012" material left above the rivets, so I figured it had a good amount of mileage on it.

But... when I have to take a 1/2 day (I'm slower than most) to pull the tranny and do a clutch job, that $??.XX I saved then will seem totally worthless.

Gnarls.

[Cavu2usf [OP]]

Hey Cavu2usf,

What year is that primered Corvette.... 70, 71, 72, or 73?

Are your restoring it, or just storing it?

Gnarly4X,

The car's a '73 project I bought locally 5 years ago. Was pretty much original according to the build sheet. Friend gave me a '76 C-10 4-bolt main block and I made a 383 out of it, but rebuilt the original engine and storing it. Auto tranny, just like 73% of all Vettes that year (so I've read), interior and suspension re-done. But the damn paint job, a year after I stripped it, STILL ISN'T DONE!
But I gotta get this truck engine done first. You know how it is: We can't LIVE without a Pickup!

Steve

[Gnarly4X]

Gnarly4X,

The car's a '73 project I bought locally 5 years ago. Was pretty much original according to the build sheet. Friend gave me a '76 C-10 4-bolt main block and I made a 383 out of it, but rebuilt the original engine and storing it. Auto tranny, just like 73% of all Vettes that year (so I've read), interior and suspension re-done. But the damn paint job, a year after I stripped it, STILL ISN'T DONE!
But I gotta get this truck engine done first. You know how it is: We can't LIVE without a Pickup!

Steve

Hey Steve... I'm jealous.  I'd give my left testicle to have my '67 coupe back!! 

Yeah... I've been truck-less for so long, when I finally get to drive my XtraCab again, I'll probably pee myself I'll be so excited!!     

Gnarls. 

[redneckcustoms13]

I love that 1st gen toyota. Yall can have your drool festival over useless 2 seater cars lol

[Slabzilla]

Roger  that, redneck.   

[Gnarly4X]

I love that 1st gen toyota. Yall can have your drool festival over useless 2 seater cars lol

Yeah… the 1st Gen Toy 4x4 is one of coolest trucks ever built, no doubt.

I like the looks of the 1984 thru 1988 Toy 4x4's better.

I loved my ’85 shortbed and had more fun driving it than anything after my 1967 Fastback Vette.

My current ’86 is a real beauty - basically unmolested and almost completely stock.

At 25 years of age, I had more fun with my ’67 Vette (and the incredible Italian beauty) than anything I could have imagined.

That “useless 2 seater car” would be worth way North of $100,000 today…. Wouldn’t that make YOU drool?

Gnarls.

[Cavu2usf [OP]]

Yeah… the 1st Gen Toy 4x4 is one of coolest trucks ever built, no doubt.

I like the looks of the 1984 thru 1988 Toy 4x4's better.

I loved my ’85 shortbed and had more fun driving it than anything after my 1967 Fastback Vette.

My current ’86 is a real beauty - basically unmolested and almost completely stock.

At 25 years of age, I had more fun with my ’67 Vette (and the incredible Italian beauty) than anything I could have imagined.

That “useless 2 seater car” would be worth way North of $100,000 today…. Wouldn’t that make YOU drool?

Gnarls.

    ... sigh......

Steve