Pulled the 3-speed RAT tranny on the 73 yesterday to get to the rear main seal on my 1991+ 302 with one piece seal. It had intermittent clutch chatter when starting in 1st under load. thought it was due to it most likely saturated in oil from the rear main leak. To my surprise there wasn't a lot of oil contamination, if any, but found this issue. Friction plate and flywheel look like only 1/4 of the plate was connecting to the flywheel. Again... in the midst of fixing POs work and I don't know who or how this was installed. Researching POs receipts and online, it looks like it is a Tom's Bronco kit https://tomsoffroad.com/parts/66-77-ford-bronco-11-inch-clutch-with-50-oz-flywheel .
Questions to the experts on here:
Questions to the experts on here:
- Any idea what would cause the lack of full contact surface? It appears the Tom's kit looks fairly new and all bolts appeared to be torqued properly. Flywheel and Pressure Plate do not have any stamp/identifier on them to say what they are, only "made in China" on the backside of the flywheel.
- The flywheel measures 14" wide with a 11" clutch plate. I read last night that a 14" wide flywheel should be a 168tooth? I'm thinking about buying a new flywheel, instead of resurfacing the China one. Don't want to change my starter config... any thoughts on what flywheel I get? Or do I resurface and move on?
- Planning on purchasing the WH https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/early-bronco-centerforce-ii-11-inch-clutch-kit-sbf-v8, still questioning what flywheel I have and need though, if I don't resurface?