Another similar story.
As mentioned above, my clutch jammed on and rendered the car unworkable for the last event.
So, the front end was stripped down, the engine and box removed, lots of new parts purchased and my dad and I set to work. We swapped the gearbox over to our spare to give some better ratios, swapped the clutch release bearing, the release arms, re-faced the clutch plate even though it was only done last year, and scrubbed every component clean. We changed all of the drivetrain consumables, and some of the non-consumables, over to better parts, some new, some NOS, some rebuilt. Put it all back together and it was still jammed on after all that work. This was Thursday night.
Friday afternoon we pulled it out again.
We had problems with the clutch pedal linkage being worn but a bit of drilling and grinding and the worn sections were no longer an issue, and then we bolted it back up. We bench tested it and it was fine, clutch pedal had good feel and was releasing the clutch. At around 8.30pm we had it back in the car and fired it up. And it was the same - still jammed. Unbelievable.
So on saturday, off we went to marshal - again.
As mentioned above, my clutch jammed on and rendered the car unworkable for the last event.
So, the front end was stripped down, the engine and box removed, lots of new parts purchased and my dad and I set to work. We swapped the gearbox over to our spare to give some better ratios, swapped the clutch release bearing, the release arms, re-faced the clutch plate even though it was only done last year, and scrubbed every component clean. We changed all of the drivetrain consumables, and some of the non-consumables, over to better parts, some new, some NOS, some rebuilt. Put it all back together and it was still jammed on after all that work. This was Thursday night.
Friday afternoon we pulled it out again.
We had problems with the clutch pedal linkage being worn but a bit of drilling and grinding and the worn sections were no longer an issue, and then we bolted it back up. We bench tested it and it was fine, clutch pedal had good feel and was releasing the clutch. At around 8.30pm we had it back in the car and fired it up. And it was the same - still jammed. Unbelievable.
So on saturday, off we went to marshal - again.