Fordnaanewguy
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I bought a Ford NAA 700 today which had a clutch that would not disengage. I had to jam it into first at idle to get it going. I drove it home and split it with a friend who is a mechanic. The guy I bought it from said he had the clutch replaced less than 100 hours ago, and it barely lasted at all before it wouldn’t disengage.
When we pulled the pressure plate off, it smelled burnt and was discolored. There was still pad left on the clutch plate. There was oil all over the pressure plate assembly. We replaced the input shaft seal, pressure plate, clutch plate and throw-out bearing and reassembled. We cannot get the clutch to disengage even when adjusted all the way out.
We did some research online, and read about guys putting washers between the flywheel and the pressure plate. We went back out and pulled the starter, and could just get our hand inside to feel the distance between the throw-out bearing and the fingers on the pressure plate. We could put a finger between the throw-out bearing and the fingers. Not even close to touching. When we used a pliers to turn the clutch arm until it was physically hitting the clutch pedal linkage, the throw-out bearing was just coming into contact with the pressure plate fingers.
Is it possible that the flywheel was previously installed backwards? Is that even physically possible? It seems like if it was reversed, the face that the pressure plate attaches to would be closer to the throw-out bearing. We are out of ideas. It seems like it would take a lot of washers to get the fingers even close to the throw-out bearing!
When we pulled the pressure plate off, it smelled burnt and was discolored. There was still pad left on the clutch plate. There was oil all over the pressure plate assembly. We replaced the input shaft seal, pressure plate, clutch plate and throw-out bearing and reassembled. We cannot get the clutch to disengage even when adjusted all the way out.
We did some research online, and read about guys putting washers between the flywheel and the pressure plate. We went back out and pulled the starter, and could just get our hand inside to feel the distance between the throw-out bearing and the fingers on the pressure plate. We could put a finger between the throw-out bearing and the fingers. Not even close to touching. When we used a pliers to turn the clutch arm until it was physically hitting the clutch pedal linkage, the throw-out bearing was just coming into contact with the pressure plate fingers.
Is it possible that the flywheel was previously installed backwards? Is that even physically possible? It seems like if it was reversed, the face that the pressure plate attaches to would be closer to the throw-out bearing. We are out of ideas. It seems like it would take a lot of washers to get the fingers even close to the throw-out bearing!