Clutch contact ?

[rudel]

Hi all just a quick one, i recently removed my clutch and found that the clutch had been hitting the flywheel bolts? the clutch "springs" are scored and the heads of the 6 bolts that hold the flywheel on are also scored where contact has been made any ideas?

 

Cheers

[Dalek]

you have got the wrong clutch fitted.

 

xflow by any chance ?

 

i had this years ago. some dummy mechanic friend at the time sold and fitted a xflow out of a mk3 / mk4 cortina into my mk1 escort with the type 2 integral xflow bellhousing gearbox, after that it always had a weird clicking noise and if you jacked the rear of the car up in neutral with the engine running the rear wheels would turn !

 

Found the problem when i next changed the engine, were ten a penny then. Good job i did, flywheel bolt heads were about half as thick as they should have been !!!!!

[rudel]

Yes it is a x flow, a mexico mk1 and it has the 3 rail 2000e box on it, do you know what is the correct clutch/release bearing then mate? as i only have this "wrong" one to go by.

 

cheers

[escort21]

The clutch centre plate is the wrong way round

[deltamal]

The clutch centre plate is the wrong way round

 

What he said...

[ZetecTinaLee]

Maybe just the wrong clutch?? Only if the plate was the wrong way round normaly it wouldnt even fit? All the clutchs ive ever had if you try and turn the plate around it doesnt even fit inside the cover!

[escort21]

No they fit the wrong way round fine....I know cause ive done it

[rudel]

Clutch was the right way round, it sais gearbox side this way etc etc it is a strange one is'nt it.

 

 

regards