Subject: Balky Eldo clutch
Author: Bruce Giller
Date: Oct 20, 2000, 6:24 AM
Post ID: 1703403044
Lately I've been having a spot o' trouble with the clutch on the '72
Eldo. It shifts fine when cold and just warming up but if it has been
running for a while (about 1/2 hour and longer), it tends not to
disengage completely when at a stop. The engine rpms will slowly drop
until it stalls out and if I didn't have the brake on, it would tend to
lurch forward. And when taking off from a stop (if I hold the throttle
open just a bit), it tends to lunge forward which doesn't make for a
smooth takeoff.
I've heard of the clutch hub splines getting all beat up to the point
where the clutch doesn't disengage (or is that "doesn't engage") but I
thought that this happened all the time not just every now and then.
When I had the tranny out (along with the engine) about 2 years ago to
replace some very leaky tranny seals, the hub didn't look in all that
bad of shape, so I left it in.
Any ideas of what might be happening?
Bruce
'72 Eldo