Broken clutch fork

 

By fork do you mean the release arm clip for the throwout bearing? That IS the one piece I didn't replace...

 

failure to properly lube up is one cause.

 

Possible, but I'm hoping I wasn't that stupid. Every time I pull my transmission I say "damnit I should have just sent this to bone!" There's been a lot of that lately.

 

Damn, I didn't even think of that, but it's certainly a possibility. But if the fork broke how is it keeping the clutch disengaged? I would think the opposite would happen.

I imagine I have to crack open the transmission case to change that? I don't have my shop manual handy.

 

Well, I dropped the transmission tonight.
Fork was fine. Throwout was fine. Still plenty of lube.

The ^*@#ing release shaft was SEIZED! It corroded right in place. After two hours with a mallet,PB blaster, torch, and slide hammer it finally came out.



I've got a spare from my old transmission that I'll be replacing it with after cleaning up the insides.


Has anyone ever seen this before? Or at least have an idea of what might of been the culprit? I can't fathom how it happened so quickly.

 

Was it greased prior to installation?

 

It was never un-installed. I bought this transmission from a H-T guy and rebuilt it with a quaife and HF 5th, but never touched the release shaft. It supposedly had about 200k on it, so it very well could have run dry.

I just find it so odd that it went from fully operational to fully stuck in two days, the car has sat for much longer than that before.

 

Eh, it was probably dry for a long time and the right moisture/temperature conditions probably sealed the deal.

 

I'm sure ice racing / New England winters in general didn't do it any favors. I'll make sure to have it properly lubed up so it'll be good for another 200k.

With any luck I'll have it all buttoned up tomorrow, can redo my exhaust(cat cracked from an ice-racing snow bank excursion) and get out there and race again on Sunday!

 

So did you replace the seal and grease????

(I've never replaced that seal)

 

You mean the spring washer that goes up against the fork? I didn't really plan on replacing it. I will relube everything though.

 

Does this look like a spring washer????

 

#19

 

LOL! Pardon me for being thick.

If it explains my confusion (and is also likely the culprit) there was NO seal in the transmission there. Must have been that way since I got it.