Jack rabbit clutch
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greenacres36
Topic author - Posts: 156
- Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:50 pm
- First Name: Brian
- Last Name: Williams
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Tudor, 1915 Runabout
- Location: Prospect, Ohio
Jack rabbit clutch
On its cover, this may seem like a stupid question, but here goes anyway. I put a new jackrabbit clutch in my 26 a couple years ago. I started having problems with the car wanting to creep when I come to a stoplight or stop sign. It actually pulled the engine down slightly. Upon further inspection, I found that the clutch was significantly out of adjustment. It was way too tight. Maybe 3/16 of an inch or more out of adjustment. That is using the adjustment gauge that is sold by the vendors. How could this happen any ideas? Maybe I didn’t soak the plates long enough in oil and they swelled up. I don’t know of any other explanation. The clutch pack is thicker now than it was when I put the engine together. This is the second one that I’ve done, and the other did not do this. All of the clutch plates look like brand new upon disassembly.
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Craig Leach
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- Last Name: leach
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1919 Firetruck/1922 Speedster
- Location: Laveen Az
Re: Jack rabbit clutch
Which clutch do you have? The smooth or the waffle ? It may not really make any difference
Both of the ones I put together had to be adjusted by changing the number of discs that were intended to be used to get the total thickness needed. Look up the dimension of the factory pack. This is rather important to make every thing work good. This is what I have found to work.
Craig.
Both of the ones I put together had to be adjusted by changing the number of discs that were intended to be used to get the total thickness needed. Look up the dimension of the factory pack. This is rather important to make every thing work good. This is what I have found to work.
Craig.