Wemedeeres
Member
Well I started in on the engine work portion of my restoration project this afternoon. When I went to remove the clutch driver I found that the previous owner must have had problems at some point in the past. It looks like the driver had come loose and wobbled on the shaft and buggered up the splines. To fix it, it looks like they slid thin brass shims in between the splines to take up the slack and tightened the he!! Out of it. I couldn't find my puller so tomorrow I'll get my father in laws so I can remove the belt pulley.
My big question is where do I go next?, leave it and hope the inside clutch facing lasts forever? Remove the crank and find someone to rebuil the splines? Get a different crank? If I do that do I need to get the connecting rods ground to mate with the new crank of get new rods as well?
My head is starting to hurt from all these questions swirling around in there for the past few hours so I think I'm gonna sleep on it and hopefully through the powers of this forum I'll get pointed in the right direction and will be able to keep a little bit of my sanity!
My big question is where do I go next?, leave it and hope the inside clutch facing lasts forever? Remove the crank and find someone to rebuil the splines? Get a different crank? If I do that do I need to get the connecting rods ground to mate with the new crank of get new rods as well?
My head is starting to hurt from all these questions swirling around in there for the past few hours so I think I'm gonna sleep on it and hopefully through the powers of this forum I'll get pointed in the right direction and will be able to keep a little bit of my sanity!