V/8 clutch on non balanced engine

[farmer dave]

cant get vibration out from standard clutch on a non balenced engine pressure plate macs says 7 lbs off flywheel i have a lightined flywheel on other A has h/h touring engine they left a ridge on flywheel face presure plate fits inside ridge any help on how mutch to take off for non balenced and where to remove thanks

[2manycars]

Wow, some punctuation would help.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Making a flywheel lighter has nothing to do with vibration.
I'm not sure what your vibration is.
Does the engine vibrate, or does the car shake as you release the clutch and try to start moving?

[Spokes]

Originally Posted by farmer dave

cant get vibration out from standard clutch on a non balenced engine pressure plate macs says 7 lbs off flywheel i have a lightined flywheel on other A has h/h touring engine they left a ridge on flywheel face presure plate fits inside ridge any help on how mutch to take off for non balenced and where to remove thanks

Wow Farmer Dave, You have tbird and Tom W. willing to help none better

[farmer dave]

the shake is releasing the pressure plate after that works perfict no vibration at all flywheel balanced new pressure plate and disk

[Tom Wesenberg]

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Then I would check the flywheel cover to be dialed in at .006" or less. I had the same problem with my 29 Tudor and didn't want to remove the rear end more than once, so I replaced the clutch disc with an NOS disc I bought at a swap meet, replaced the pressure plate with a good used one from a swap meet, sanded the flywheel surface with my electric palm sander, and dialed in the flywheel cover. Now it takes off as smooth as an automatic.

I don't know which operation did the trick because the removed disc and pressure plate looked good. When you install a pressure plate make sure the 6 fingers are all even and about 11/16" below the pressure plate surface.

Here's a link to good information and pictures of dialing in the flywheel cover. Herm posted lots of good pictures in reply #20. I dialed mine in with the engine installed, but to do this you have to make sure the crankshaft is either pushed all the way forward, or pushed all the way rearward during the measurements. I only take measurements at 9, 12, and 3 o'clock positions because the bellhousing will pull the flywheel cover where it wants at the 6 o'clock position.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...aling+flywheel

[Big hammer]

Thanks Tom for Herm's posting, will be needing it soon :-)