Clutch cover rebuild
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:09 pm
Hi All,
It's been a long long time since I posted here, but maybe that's a good thing........it means I haven't had any problems I couldn't overcome
Anyway, I took my WC51 off the road at the end of September last year to finally address a problem I've had since I bought the truck, namely drive train noise. In stripping the truck down I've found the two main culprits for the noise, the intermediate drive shaft from the transmission to the transfer case had very worn splines and the Pressure plate baffle in the clutch housing was damaged the last time the transmission was refitted, there were three distinct input shaft shaped dents in the baffle, the fourth attempt at fitting was obviously successful 
the damaged baffle had been rubbing against the springs on the clutch disc and was nearly worn through in places!
So, I've just rebuilt the clutch housing with an NOS rebuild kit from Jeepest in France. I've followed the TM instructions to the point of fitting "the eye bolts until the top of the nuts and end of the eye bolts are flush" but I'm stuck at the next part "install the rebuilder indicator gage and measure the position of the clutch levers according to the rebuilder manufacturer's directions" and "adjust the release lever up or down by turning the release lever eyebolt nut until the proper setting is obtained"......anybody know what the proper setting is ?
Chris
It's been a long long time since I posted here, but maybe that's a good thing........it means I haven't had any problems I couldn't overcome
Anyway, I took my WC51 off the road at the end of September last year to finally address a problem I've had since I bought the truck, namely drive train noise. In stripping the truck down I've found the two main culprits for the noise, the intermediate drive shaft from the transmission to the transfer case had very worn splines and the Pressure plate baffle in the clutch housing was damaged the last time the transmission was refitted, there were three distinct input shaft shaped dents in the baffle, the fourth attempt at fitting was obviously successful the damaged baffle had been rubbing against the springs on the clutch disc and was nearly worn through in places!So, I've just rebuilt the clutch housing with an NOS rebuild kit from Jeepest in France. I've followed the TM instructions to the point of fitting "the eye bolts until the top of the nuts and end of the eye bolts are flush" but I'm stuck at the next part "install the rebuilder indicator gage and measure the position of the clutch levers according to the rebuilder manufacturer's directions" and "adjust the release lever up or down by turning the release lever eyebolt nut until the proper setting is obtained"......anybody know what the proper setting is ?
Chris
