Well I've determined that I should never work on a car again... lol
I blew out my clutch a while ago and have since replaced it with a spec II unit. I also got the flywheel resurfaced and replaced the pilot bearing.
Now, when I go to drive my car I noticed a pretty good sized vibration at 2000 RPM. This even happens when I'm sitting still so I'm thinking that it is clutch or flywheel related. I'm really really REALLY tired of taking the trans out (this will be #3 in 3 weeks) so I'm trying to figure out what could have gone wrong here.
The car has a bad vibration at the 1800-2200 rpm range whether coasting, sitting still, or in gear and moving. Once out of this range its running smooth. I didn't touch anything on the engine (mechanically) to cause it to run poorly.
Originally I thought this vibration was a problem with the rear end because it seemed like it was only when rolling. I replaced the crush sleeve and this fixed SOME of the vibration but now I have this other one when sitting still at ~2000 RPM.
During the clutch install, I tied some rope around the crank pulley to the k-member to be sure the engine didn't fall on me, but there wasn't really any tension on it. (no more than a fan belt would have on it) So I believe this isn't an issue.
Only things I can think of are:
-Flywheel on in wrong position (counter weight off)
-Clutch pressure plate on wrong
I thought I had marked the flywheel the way I took it off but maybe I didn't. Otherwise, the pressure plate is new so it shouldn't have mattered which way it was on.
If I did put the flywheel on incorrecly, how can I tell where the counterweight should be positioned when bolted up to the crank?
Either way I look at it, it seems that I'm going to have to drop the trans again, but I'm going to wait until I get some feedback.
I'm in desperate need of help here. Sorry this is so lengthy
Thanks,
I blew out my clutch a while ago and have since replaced it with a spec II unit. I also got the flywheel resurfaced and replaced the pilot bearing.
Now, when I go to drive my car I noticed a pretty good sized vibration at 2000 RPM. This even happens when I'm sitting still so I'm thinking that it is clutch or flywheel related. I'm really really REALLY tired of taking the trans out (this will be #3 in 3 weeks) so I'm trying to figure out what could have gone wrong here.
The car has a bad vibration at the 1800-2200 rpm range whether coasting, sitting still, or in gear and moving. Once out of this range its running smooth. I didn't touch anything on the engine (mechanically) to cause it to run poorly.
Originally I thought this vibration was a problem with the rear end because it seemed like it was only when rolling. I replaced the crush sleeve and this fixed SOME of the vibration but now I have this other one when sitting still at ~2000 RPM.
During the clutch install, I tied some rope around the crank pulley to the k-member to be sure the engine didn't fall on me, but there wasn't really any tension on it. (no more than a fan belt would have on it) So I believe this isn't an issue.
Only things I can think of are:
-Flywheel on in wrong position (counter weight off)
-Clutch pressure plate on wrong
I thought I had marked the flywheel the way I took it off but maybe I didn't. Otherwise, the pressure plate is new so it shouldn't have mattered which way it was on.
If I did put the flywheel on incorrecly, how can I tell where the counterweight should be positioned when bolted up to the crank?
Either way I look at it, it seems that I'm going to have to drop the trans again, but I'm going to wait until I get some feedback.
I'm in desperate need of help here. Sorry this is so lengthy
Thanks,