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Question: How effective are pencil-style fuel screens when your gas tank sealant is failing and shedding flakes? (see attachment of screen) Situation: My gas tank was boiled and sealed less than ten years ago. This was a competent job by a well-known local shop. But, ethanol has done its work...

My "clutch chatter" wasn't the clutch at all. It was a quarter inch of play in the universal joint. But, I was a good boy and replaced the flywheel, ring gear, clutch, pressure plate, universal joint, throwout bearing, and all the trimmings for the next fifty years of touring. :)

I left all my farmer fixes in place. Fifty years from now, somebody might enjoy them.

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Nice in sepia too!

Yep, that was it! One pressure plate adjustment bolt was nicking the clutch housing. I ground them all down, and no knock! Thank you for all the great suggestions. I love this place!

Steve at Bert's thinks the pressure plate adjusting bolt might be clipping the clutch housing. Sure enough, there is wear on one of the bolts. (see attached) I'll grind them all down and try again. But if that ain't it, I'm drivin' it like I stole it! :)

I have the Federal Mogul throw-out bearing. I re-verified that it turns freely without clicks or drag. I also re-verified the pilot bearing. BTW, the knock sounds like a little tack hammer on a granite countertop. Very distinct and sharp, like metal on metal. It starts as a click, then builds...

I took some measurements: 1. Flywheel bolt length 0.820 2. Crank shaft end-play: 0.009 3. Old flywheel dowel retainer: 0.042 4. New flywheel dowel retainer: 0.035 5. Flywheel flange to bearing cap clearance: 0.049 6. Flywheel bolt extends beyond flywheel: .3750 (plus some extra when torqued...

I don't see any evidence of scraping on the flywheel bolts or clutch pad. (see attached) The ring gear looks to be up against the flywheel stop, and appears free of obstructions. Do you think the flywheel bolts could be contacting the rear main (behind the flywheel flange)? I used the Snyder's...

I struck the ring gear about 100 times with a four pound hammer and jumbo punch (because of your earlier post from 2015). It never moved from the original measurement of 0.1400" from the edge. That measurement is uniform over all 360 degrees. So I'm hoping it's good. I printed this document...

No. I measured them to be 0.75" below the pressure plate surface, and thought that was okay. The clutch petal is adjusted to be 1" of free play before the throw-out bearing contacts the pressure plate fingers. They all contact simultaneously.

Wouldn't I hear clicking when hand-cranking or turning the engine with the starter (with the clutch petal depressed)? It is completely clean. No bad sounds.

I looked for this. I hand-cranked and looked for ring-gear wobble. I could not see any.

I just installed a new stock flywheel, pressure plate, and clutch. Now I get a clicking sound when depressing the clutch petal. The clicking intensifies to a full knock when I press harder. Once it starts knocking, it continues even if I release the clutch petal. The click sounds like it is once...