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Super-A clutch alignment

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P and R Pete

03-30-2008 11:51:45




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Can't find a universal alignment tool, and all the rest I CAN find fit them new-fangled auto-MO-biles.

I was thinking of loosening my clutch shaft at the transmission and sliding it forward, to use it for alignment, (and I would have to get the operating rod out of the way first, but the tranny/clutch-shaft connection is *behind* the inspection hole. I could get a socket on the nut seen in the pic, but no way to get a tool on the head at the rear. My only hope is if the heads of those bolts are somehow held from turning, as like a connecting-rod bolt.

Anybody know?

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I'm getting ready to use the old 'hairy-eyeball' method for alignment.

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Haas

03-30-2008 19:00:37




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 Re: Super-A clutch alignment in reply to P and R Pete, 03-30-2008 11:51:45  
The solutions already mentioned will work. I've used the home made tool suggestions, as well as just the eyeball method of getting back and using line of sight to center the clutch. Never had much trouble getting one back together. As to the drive shaft coupling. You will never get that loose without removing the torque tube to get at the bolts. Those bolts are tapered shoulder bolts and are in there very tight.

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Hugh MacKay

03-30-2008 17:51:08




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 Re: Super-A clutch alignment in reply to P and R Pete, 03-30-2008 11:51:45  
Pete: Like the others said these go together quite easy without any special tool for aligning the clutch disc. I use a bolt that fits the pilot bushing, and center the disc on that.

Over the years I've made a few tools for doing this for several vehicles. I just take a piece of round bar that snugly fits the clutch disc, then get someone with a lathe to turn 1" of the end, size of the pilot bushing. It keeps the disc centered as you tighten the pressure plate.

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tractorsam

03-30-2008 13:39:40




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 Re: Super-A clutch alignment in reply to P and R Pete, 03-30-2008 11:51:45  
If you're stuck for a tool find a bolt/broom handle or similar that will fit well in the pilot bearing. Wrap it with tape until it's a snug fit in the clutch disc. Not exactly textbook but it's worked for me. I wouldn't recommend trying to remove the driveshaft. Those bolts are tapered and have a fine thread - end result a pain in the backside. I just put the drive together on a Super C and was glad the torque tube was off. tractorsam

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gene bender

03-30-2008 13:01:11




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 Re: Super-A clutch alignment in reply to P and R Pete, 03-30-2008 11:51:45  
When you roll it together and it stops put the pto in gear and turn the belt pulley over and you can feel it inguage the splines. I like to have the plugs out so you can turn the engine over as they come together with the belt pulley or the pto shaft. The input shaft does have some movement up and down and sideways the end of the shaft will line up on the clutch plate and when you turn it over the splines will line up.

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P and R Pete

03-30-2008 13:00:24




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 Re: Super-A clutch alignment in reply to P and R Pete, 03-30-2008 11:51:45  
Hey, I found some thoughts in the archives. There isn't a whole lot of room for the disc to move in any direction anyway, within the flywheel. Less than an eighth. I think this is do-able without a special tool.



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riverbend

03-30-2008 14:59:41




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 Re: Super-A clutch alignment in reply to P and R Pete, 03-30-2008 13:00:24  
Pete,

I just put my SC together without any special alignment tools. I stuck a 7/8" bolt in the pilot bushing and pushed the disk around until it was fairly well centered on the bolt. When we had the engine lined up with the bellhousing, I turned the crankshaft and it slid together.

Greg



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