drdave88

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anyone heard of doing this after its been resurfaced? i had never heard of it but it does make sense. ive been having problems w/ my car not going into gear very easily or grinding when going into reverse unless i go to 5th gear before. a well respected trans shop by me told me i need to shim the flywheel after its resurfaced to make up for what gets taken off. he said the clutch isnt fully contacting the flywheel.

RB83L69

It is unnecessary in these cars. Don't even bother considering it. There's far more adjustment built into the hydraulics than it's possible to actually need, assuming of course that you haven't turned ¼" off your flywheel or something. In which case, the correct answer is to get another flywheel, instead of rigging it around a destroyed part.

More likely, either assembly, or your pilot bearing/bushing, is the hard-shifting problem.

How did you put your throwout bearing onto your fork? Here's my famous pic again, in case it got lost in the server crash. Did you do yours like the top pic, or the bottom pic? Specifically, the little ears on the flat spring thing that's riveted to the fork; are they inside the groove in the throwout, or outside it? One way is right, the other way is WRONG, and will make the clutch not work and therefore the trans will grind or at least be hard to shift, every time.

And of course, as always, a T-5 will NOT go into reverse without grinding, unless you put it in a forward gear FIRST. Any forward gear will do, because they are all synchronized, while reverse is NOT. Like all 4-speeds, 3-speeds, etc. throughout history. In fact, the old Chevrolet 3-speed, that they used all through the 50s and into the 60s, didn't even have a synchro on 1st gear; only 2nd & 3rd; so you had to put one of those in 2nd or 3rd before putting it in either 1st or reverse. The first production transmission that I know of in RWD American cars, that has synchronized reverse, is the T-56.

jmd

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As stated, it's not necessary. By the time a flywheel from these cars has problems with clutch function, it's way beyond service thickness.

This is not possible. The entire surface of the flywheel both the friction area and the mounting points are on the same plane. What is possible is that the throwout bearing might not depress the pressure plate enough, but again that doesn't happen on these cars if all the right parts are used and the linkage (hyd. or mech.) is installed right.

drdave88

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well now that i notice the little tabs on the fork, mine doesnt have those, and thats a bad thing. im wondering who was in there last. ill check into what happened to those and probably need a new fork. but thanks guys.

RB83L69

I'll give you a hint.... the bottom pic is the correct one.

drdave88

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any chance of that shift fork without the bearing or out of the car so i can get a better shot of it? from what im seeing, it looks like my fork doesnt have those on there. they may have broken off or been removed from the last "genius" that did the clutch. from what ive seen, im not impressed w/ his mechanical abilities.

RB83L69

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...highlight=fork The "Search" button is your friend.

drdave88

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wow i feel like an idiot. ive preached that a ton of times, lol. sorry.

thanks btw