lazycyril Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Having difficulties with the clutch setup here with this Richmod 4+1 trans. after parking the car for a few months during winter.. I find the clutch suddenly is not working anymore. Its a full mechanical. I can see the arm that hold the through out bering moving. Cannot really see what is happening inside though. Previous problems with tranny included inability to shift into gear at a stop.. I would have to either use excessive force or maye nudge the car in third a foot and then it would shift into first just fine. as long as car was rolling it woudl shift fine. This lead to long periods at stoplights with car in gear and me holding clutch pedal down... Then when I went to start and move the car recently it was stuck in first gear! now had to force it out inorder to push car around. Checked what I could see of the external linkage and it looks fine. Shifter setup is by Long - what Richmond reccamends actually- really heavy duty arms. Will try maxing the adjustment arm out to see if that helps... hard getting to things with the massive headers down there. Just looking for suggestions, not familar with transmissions yet. -C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 if it was parked in a damp place the flywheel will rust and the disc will freeze to it.have somebody step on the clutch while you watch what is moving underneath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 305240 Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 With the clutch plate not quite releasing all the way will do the same thing. If you are worried about a little rust on it. Rev the engine and softly slip the clutch....that should get rid of any rust on it. You may try taking the tranny ouot and applying a little grease to the release bearing and input shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazycyril Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 Thanks, it did get damp. I had to replace the ingition electrical in order to get that to work.(gave me oportunity to fix up some electrical work) It was parked and left in gear... took quite a bit of tugging to pop it out so that the beast could be pulled out to the driveway. wish I had a mini cam to look inside belhouseing area through the throw-arm hole. Maybe I can find a real small usb camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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