[NoVa-Corvairs] Fw: Greenbrier Help

[Bull Run Philosophical Society]

Chattering clutch in a Corvair usually caused by gear oil on the clutch 
plate.  At it's worst when cold, but usually diminishes to drivable 
level as the clutch warms up. You would think that gear oil would make 
the clutch slip, and it might if the disk was drenched, but we're talkig 
about slow seepage, and then soak/burn-in with clutch usage, altering 
the friction characteristics of the clutch lining surface.

Cause and effect:  Flywheel rivets loosen> flywheel goes out of balance 
and whips around> input shaft whips with it, wallowing out the input 
shaft seal> gear oil escapes and gets on clutch plate.

Al

Curtis L Shimp wrote:
> Members:
> 
> This guy wants help on a chattering clutch in a Greenbrier.  I don't know
> him but he lives about 3 miles from me.  In a second message to me he
> flew down to Florida last Friday to drive it back.  Don't know if he made
> it.
> 
> One other item.  I like the idea of supporting a CORSA membership for the
> first year.  If it works then we may have a new CORSA member for life.
> 
> Curt
> 
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