58 861d I disassembled the clutch due to bad oil saturation from po , clutch was in great shape other than all the oil ( Trans. & engine oil ).
Had the clutch plates re-lined locally and degreased everything else, there were reference punch marks on the plates so I reassembled it in order.
Trick was setting the fingers at a correct height or as close to that ( whatever that magic number is).
Assuming that it was set correctly before and with very little if any signs of wear I just reassembled it, clutch shop did give me some pointers on setting the fingers up.
Next I bolted it up to the flywheel then leveled the flywheel and used the alignment tool to get the plates aligned with each other.
I set the new release bearing on the first three fingers and checked for level I adjusted two of the bolts and then measured down to the pto fingers from the top surface of the release bearing and adjusted one bolt.
Using c clamps I compressed the drive fingers down and the drive clutch released just above the pto fingers, did the same with the pto fingers and it released about halfway down.
So as far as I know the two stage clutch is ready for installation after I have the engine together, the steering column is removed and hopefully should be able to see what the clutch is doing when the engine is mated up.
One thing the clutch shop said is to raise the adjustment bolts up about 1/16 of a inch to accommodate for any wear or machining that was done previously.
So I'll see how it all works out, two bolts to hold the engine tight to the transmission and check the clutch operation....
Leveling seemed like the best way to go without having the factory setup jig.
Had the clutch plates re-lined locally and degreased everything else, there were reference punch marks on the plates so I reassembled it in order.
Trick was setting the fingers at a correct height or as close to that ( whatever that magic number is).
Assuming that it was set correctly before and with very little if any signs of wear I just reassembled it, clutch shop did give me some pointers on setting the fingers up.
Next I bolted it up to the flywheel then leveled the flywheel and used the alignment tool to get the plates aligned with each other.
I set the new release bearing on the first three fingers and checked for level I adjusted two of the bolts and then measured down to the pto fingers from the top surface of the release bearing and adjusted one bolt.
Using c clamps I compressed the drive fingers down and the drive clutch released just above the pto fingers, did the same with the pto fingers and it released about halfway down.
So as far as I know the two stage clutch is ready for installation after I have the engine together, the steering column is removed and hopefully should be able to see what the clutch is doing when the engine is mated up.
One thing the clutch shop said is to raise the adjustment bolts up about 1/16 of a inch to accommodate for any wear or machining that was done previously.
So I'll see how it all works out, two bolts to hold the engine tight to the transmission and check the clutch operation....
Leveling seemed like the best way to go without having the factory setup jig.
