<VV> LM clutch return spring question

[Harry Yarnell]

It hooks to the parking brake cable end.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John McMahon" <jmac2112 at adelphia.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: <VV> LM clutch return spring question


>I have a 1965 Monza coupe, and while I had the engine out, I performed the 
>operation described in the Tech Guide on p. 6 of the Transmission section 
>(Noise Reduction in Stick Shift, by Milton Binon).  Seems like it should 
>work, but now I have nowhere to attach the short spring (the one that 
>attaches to the bracket bolted to the body).  But what exactly is the 
>function of this spring?  It is not the return spring (that's the long one 
>attached to the differential), so what does it do?  Is it essential?  I 
>know that GM would not have spent the dime it cost them if they hadn't felt 
>they needed to.  I'd just like to know why they did!
>
> Thanks,
>
> John McMahon
> 1965 Monza coupe
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