Weirdest herky jerkey clutch

toolmanmike said

The first one I bought off the net. I had issues from the start. Couldn't get it adjusted, (free play) and the t/o bearing was riding in the fingers until it failed and ruined 2 of the 3 fingers. Think the fingers weren't right from the get go? The second and last one I bought from Brewers and I had it checked out at Clutch Masters b/4 installing. It has been good!

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That sounds exactly like my problem. I adjusted the pedal as described in the fsm. But one (or more) fingers was still touching the t/o bearing b/c it was still spinning. Had to adjust the pedal to over 1 inch of freeplay to get th t/o bearing to stop spinning.

It didn't occur to me that this could cause jerky engagement, but that makes perfect sense.

Not aware of a clutchmasters around here, but it sounds like good insurance. When I do the engine upgrade I was planning on a high quality McLeod or the like. I didn't want to buy it now b/c if I go w/ Passon's o/d, it is an 18 spline, yadda yadda......