Years ago I bought a bracket for a hydraulic clutch conversion. I tried to fit it up today but it doesn't fit. I thought I had tried it on another type I transaxle and it did fit but that was a long time ago.
This tranaxle I am trying to fit it up to is an AH ('69 to 8-72) and the side covers part number is 113,301,1831. The distance between the studs is much greater than the mounts which are supposed mount on two studs using longer studs (suppied). Is there a different transaxle with a different side cover with a closer together stud setup?
Lee
Transaxle side covers
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Re: Transaxle side covers
The side cover bolt pattern never changed on the type-1 transaxles.
You know the rules, post a picture of what you have, and what you are trying to do.
You know the rules, post a picture of what you have, and what you are trying to do.
Yeah some may call it overkill, but you can't have too much overkill.
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Re: Transaxle side covers
I've had this kit since 06/02 so that will tell you something.
This is that old scrody transaxle that I was cleaning. It is pretty good but a bit more grease has to be chipped off.
This is the main parts of the assembly to fit the slave cylinder to the throw out arm. You can see the holes do align up.
If you tilt the mount back a bit it does come close. I looked at my old EMPI book and they do have something like this.
If you look at the two fasteners at an angle then this is what you get.
Then, I had an apostrophe (epiphany), what if the kit was for an 091 so I crawled under a bunch of stuff (I can't roll the cart out as there is too much in the way) and...
It is a bus unit! Damn!
Thanks for the answer sideshow that drove me to thinking.
Lee
This is that old scrody transaxle that I was cleaning. It is pretty good but a bit more grease has to be chipped off.
This is the main parts of the assembly to fit the slave cylinder to the throw out arm. You can see the holes do align up.
If you tilt the mount back a bit it does come close. I looked at my old EMPI book and they do have something like this.
If you look at the two fasteners at an angle then this is what you get.
Then, I had an apostrophe (epiphany), what if the kit was for an 091 so I crawled under a bunch of stuff (I can't roll the cart out as there is too much in the way) and...
It is a bus unit! Damn!
Thanks for the answer sideshow that drove me to thinking.
Lee
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Re: Transaxle side covers
Take your heim joint off and attach it to the other end of your bracket. Now test it's fit.
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Re: Transaxle side covers
Thanks for the idea Bruce but I have already tried it and the holes still don't align up. That upper hole is fully threaded and the heim joint can be secrewed in and the slave cylinder can go through the hole (not that strongest way of doing it as both the threads of the heim joint are bing loaded not the shaft itself and the ball of the heim joint is assembled that way so it can fail.
The way is it sitting there is the strongest way (with the loads going in a stright line rather than at 90 degrees to the heim assembly) as that is how the joint is supposed to be loaded. It is not unusual to see it done the other way but that is how I was informed, by stess engineering, as that is how the design is supposed to work.
The ball at the end allows for some miss-alignment and some arc to be used. The other way puts the load on the threads and threads are not designed for that.
The way is it sitting there is the strongest way (with the loads going in a stright line rather than at 90 degrees to the heim assembly) as that is how the joint is supposed to be loaded. It is not unusual to see it done the other way but that is how I was informed, by stess engineering, as that is how the design is supposed to work.
The ball at the end allows for some miss-alignment and some arc to be used. The other way puts the load on the threads and threads are not designed for that.