Re: 79 bay with apparent clutch failure
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:51 am
Wow, video helps. Your detents are all good.airkooledchris wrote:I know, I should have cleaned it first. I was eager to see this horrible failure and didn't think much of a dirty and failed part....
While I can't say how many foot pounds of force it required to push/pull the forks into and out of gear, it wasn't difficult to do. The only issue I had was in 1st because I kept pushing it against the selector if I didn't push the selector down far enough to get out of the way of my pliers.
Here is a little video I shot showing the different gear selections:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sYLtVXb_3M[/youtube]
If the transaxle was running nice and quiet, I think you have a good transaxle (thus the clean bit) that was giving us fits because of the hockey stick ball.
The "potted palm" drain plug magnet showed evidence of many years, but your "last known good drive" is the more important indicator of the overall health of that transaxle.
Colin