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04-10-2015, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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clutch fork busted
I pulled my engine today because of clutch problems and found the clutch fork had one arm broken off. This is the first time I've seen this happen. My other car is having a similar problem and afraid to drive it much out off town.
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04-10-2015, 11:00 PM | #2 |
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Re: clutch fork busted
It's a fairly common A quirk. They usually break right at the cross pin hole. Old timers kept a spare.
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04-11-2015, 12:18 AM | #3 |
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Re: clutch fork busted
If the old times kept a spare is something that can be changed without pulling the transmission?
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04-11-2015, 09:06 AM | #4 |
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04-11-2015, 09:26 AM | #5 |
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Re: clutch fork busted
Not the lever or arm, It's the fork that pushes the throw bearing forward. By the way I also carry a clutch arm (lever) while out of town.
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04-11-2015, 12:00 PM | #6 |
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04-11-2015, 11:33 PM | #7 | |
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Re: clutch fork busted
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Don't see how.
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04-12-2015, 09:55 AM | #8 |
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04-12-2015, 10:58 AM | #9 |
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Re: clutch fork busted
I suppose that a very patient person could change that fork without removing the engine and flywheel. You'd have to "operate" through the inspection opening - and be able to drive the old pin out, then pull the shaft out the side of the housing (hoping that the fork will slide off Woodruff key), then reverse the process including driving in a new pin!
I just replaced the fork and shaft in my Tudor. They are the newer versions of both. Both are repro parts. No Woodruff key but a larger diameter pin. The arms on the fork had a flat surface and a rounded surface. The fork should be installed with the rounded surface against the shoulders on the throwout bearing casting. Last edited by Pilotdave; 04-13-2015 at 08:34 PM. |
04-13-2015, 05:25 PM | #10 |
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Re: clutch fork busted
I would say it's almost impossible to change the fork unless you pull the engine. I had to use a hammer to tap the fork off the shaft. Tom Endy wrote a article about the service bulletins getting it wrong. Ford possibly changed the fork design with the 5/16 pin in June 1929.
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