Hi folks,,the fun starts here..
I now have a '48 Rapide to go with the Comet.
Left the factory in December 47 and was registered February 48.
I new about the few things I had to work on when I got it and most are not a problem,BUT---- the clutch takes up very fiercely to the extent that if the wife was on the back she would most likely disappear when i pull away.
Lots of reading but all I can find is that snatch is caused by the shoes not being chamfered enough..I DON'T BELIEVE IT..
I stripped the clutch and found that C13 does not have a shim between it and the nut, about 35thou endfloat.
The plate carrier can rock a lot on the nut so it looks like the bush is worn.The C10 links are oval and have about 10thou slop on the C14 clutch plate pins.The pin clip is boken in 3 places and a couple of the pins are now floating and chipped at the edges.
C7 has a badly worn plunger hole and the plunger moves about a 16th inch at the end but the pressure seems ok the C7/1 plunger is stiffer but its housing is ok.the springs are all different lenght and need replacing.
now,how worn out does a twin clutch need to be before it ends up not being unusable.I am getting the feeling that it would almost be better from the cost point of view to fit a multiplate clutch,,,any views on this?
Yesterday I road Sprot's Rapide--very nice standard clutch--for the first time and also his Swedish Shadow,Geeze that thing goes. So I know that the clutch on mine is BAD..
Any more ideas to get me on the right track please..John
I now have a '48 Rapide to go with the Comet.
Left the factory in December 47 and was registered February 48.
I new about the few things I had to work on when I got it and most are not a problem,BUT---- the clutch takes up very fiercely to the extent that if the wife was on the back she would most likely disappear when i pull away.
Lots of reading but all I can find is that snatch is caused by the shoes not being chamfered enough..I DON'T BELIEVE IT..
I stripped the clutch and found that C13 does not have a shim between it and the nut, about 35thou endfloat.
The plate carrier can rock a lot on the nut so it looks like the bush is worn.The C10 links are oval and have about 10thou slop on the C14 clutch plate pins.The pin clip is boken in 3 places and a couple of the pins are now floating and chipped at the edges.
C7 has a badly worn plunger hole and the plunger moves about a 16th inch at the end but the pressure seems ok the C7/1 plunger is stiffer but its housing is ok.the springs are all different lenght and need replacing.
now,how worn out does a twin clutch need to be before it ends up not being unusable.I am getting the feeling that it would almost be better from the cost point of view to fit a multiplate clutch,,,any views on this?
Yesterday I road Sprot's Rapide--very nice standard clutch--for the first time and also his Swedish Shadow,Geeze that thing goes. So I know that the clutch on mine is BAD..
Any more ideas to get me on the right track please..John