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 humpty
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| posted on March 18th, 2013 at 10:03 PM |
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Clutch arm upgrade
Hey gurus....
I have a T34 Ghia that is about to get my old mildly modified 1776 fitted.... I have rebuilt the original trans in prep for this upgrade, and I'm
going to fit a slightly HD clutch to cope with estimated 120hp the engine produces.... A KEP Stage 1 PP and KEP Gold disc to be exact.
So the questions are these...
Is there a longer clutch release arm (for a light pedal) available for the early transaxle, and a HD cross shaft too?
Or....
If not, can a later cross shaft be fitted into the early transaxle?
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| posted on March 18th, 2013 at 10:09 PM |
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Stock 200mm sachs discis all i have in my car humpty.
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| posted on March 18th, 2013 at 10:39 PM |
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You can fit the later shaft, DB has a how-to somewhere. Entails making an adapter bush (large shaft and small hole in case) and notching the shaft so
that you can fit it into the trans. There's a pic of it finished in Bluey's build thread.
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| posted on March 19th, 2013 at 12:06 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by coletrickle
Stock 200mm sachs discis all i have in my car humpty.
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The clutch stuff I have left over from the POS.... It's all in perfect order, its just wasn't strong enough to handle the boost in that car.... So
in the T34 it goes.
But I want to upgrade the clutch arm for added security and a lighter pedal, hence the request.
Guess I'll just have to get my hands on and HD cross-shaft and long arm, and make it work.... Nothing a vernier and a lathe can't fix!
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| posted on March 19th, 2013 at 05:33 AM |
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I just tig-welded the cross shaft arms, and extended the outer arm by cutting near the cable 'loop', and welding on a section of another arm. From
memory it was about 20mm longer.
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| posted on March 19th, 2013 at 01:47 PM |
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weld another arm beside the origional about 20mm higher works well and easiest to do
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| posted on March 19th, 2013 at 04:05 PM |
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Good tips there guys.... Thanks for input.
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| posted on March 19th, 2013 at 04:51 PM |
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Humpty
I have 1916 with Kennedy stage 3 clutch which was heavy but a lot easier to push now even with my buggared foot
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