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Originally Posted by Phil Waterman
Years ago I had a mouse take the clutch out on BEAST my HUP. Dam little critter when in an built a new home on top of the clutch forks. Go to start the truck, push in the clutch and bingo the nest is picked up by the spinning clutch and the nest is slung out into the edge of the clutch fingers. Thus jamming them in the disengage position.
But really the only time I've seen a clutch plate disintegrate was when the clutch was pushed in on a steep down grade in low gear. Then bang.
Cheers
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Phil.
Same thing happened when I was showing off my double clutching abilities as a teenage hoodlum growing up in the south end of Halifax..in the '60's..
Smoking the tires of my brothers '53 Ford and then shifting into second for another chirp..and then double clutching back into low at about 40 miles an hour with a pinned out rev and releasing the clutch with a snap that stood the old Ford on its nose and a terrific bang from the clutch and lots of dust...
On tear down and inspection it was revealed that I blew the clutch disc right off one side and half cleaned the other side off...
It has been my past experiennce that when I changed clutch discs it was wise to change the pressure plate,from normal wear and tear..what I was doing was not normal..
did the same thing almost when double clutching the old Mercedes diesel I was driving back in '64..('58 Mercedes 180D)..
Double clutched the old four speed back into first gear at about 40 mph and when I let up on the clutch ,blew the throut bearing right out through the side of the bell housing...
MY problem was never double clutching into gear without grinding the gears,it was letting out the clutch after the successful manouver..
Drove that old Mercedes for two months before I rounded up enough money for a new throwout bearing..
was allways interesting cruising to a stop with the ignition off and then starting off in second gear without a clutch using the starter to drive me forward until the motor fired up and we were on our way again..shifting was never a problem..good old syncro Mercedes transmissions ..
