Ok, just finished my clutch change (took forever) and took it out for about an hour and drove it. I had 3 concerns, of which 1 requires pulling the tranny again.

1) The friction point is real low on the clutch pedal (throwout bearing, i'm fairly certain).

2) There is this annoying high pitch squeal that occurs in neutral and in gear, and only stops when the clutch pedal is stepped on.

3) The transmission gets real hot! I can feel it in the passenger compartment, and don't really have a clue as to what it is. I can feel the heat on the stick radiating off of the console. Fluid i put in is Dexron III (computer at work called for it.

Thanks in advance-



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--Steve S--
1984 Trans Am 305 LG4, 5 speed Daily Driver, Flowmaster 80 Series
Holley 600 cfm & vacuum advance Soon: Edlebrock Intake & TES

 

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For the noise an temperature problems, did you check your fluid level?

For the friction point being low, I am guessing that you mean the point where the clutch grabs being closer to the floor then before. THat would be a combination of the throwout bearing thickness, and the clutch disc being thicker..

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Did you replace the hydraulics or drain the fluid from them? Improper/incomplete bleeding sounds like a #1 cause for the low friction point. Most times (I won't say always because of performance clutches) when you replace a stock clutch, the thicker clutch disk allows the clutch to release earlier, however, in performance ones, they have more clamping force and thus the levers have a pivot point further from the fulcrum so that you can get the mechanical advantage over the higher spring pressure, thus meaning you have to move further to make the same spring disengagement distance.

The squealing I don't know....could be many things....



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Hmm, i hate that answer.

Anyway, i'm dropping the tranny tonight and putting in the stock throwout bearing, that should fix it, my boss assured me that since the bearing in there now is taller than stock, the clutch is still engaged when i'm riding around town so, hopefully all will be good tomorrow.