[NoVa-Corvairs] Fw: Greenbrier Help

[ALBERT BIRKS]

Curt:  Al Birks didn't write that!  Is there another Al in the club?
But I will add a tidbit - are his motor mounts in good shape?

Al Birks

----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis L Shimp
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:07 AM
To: novacc-list at corvair.org
Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Fw: Greenbrier Help

Al:

Thanks for the input.  I have past it along to Jerry.  While I don't know
this guy, it turns out he lives three miles from me.  He did buy the car
off E-bay after his initial inquiry to me.  The Greenbrier was in Florida
and he flew down to drive it back.  The last I heard in made it to
southern Virginia.  Hoping to hear if he made it all the way.

Curt

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:45:27 -0500 Bull Run Philosophical Society
<brps at crosslink.net> writes:
> 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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