hi all just fitted a dual clutch into a m11 foden and now the clutch is slipping like mad anyone have the now how on how to ajust a twin plate clutch? thx
Not sure which model you mean Toker, if it is a Lipe clutch you need about half an inch of gap between the clutch stop disc and the release bearing. I assume that you have removed the three small bolts that hols the clutch in compression while it is fitted?
Pete.
just checked the clutch again bolts were not in the pressure plate but there must be a adjuster on the pressure plate some where its a 1996 foden with a 12 speed crash box thanks for the reply must be someone out there thats done clutches on these
Assuming its a lipe clutch and you got the right plates in the right way round,the 2 plates are slightly different and are marked which way round they go.Also did you undo the 3 bolts evenly,saying this cos the first one i did i jus lined it up and took em out one at a time and the 3 fingers that hold the bearing was well pist,put em back in an did em evenly and that cured that
Toker, if you’ve fitted a new clutch and have slip problems and you are sure everything went in correctly (plates the right way round including the intermediate plate etc) then you have to look at the gap between the release bearing and clutch brake, if the bearing is pushing on the pressure plate then its the same as riding the clutch or slipping.
Most twin plate clutches had a small plate with two M8 bolts holding it on the pressure plate, you can see this through the bottom of the bell housing and turn the engine until the plate appears. Remove one bolt and loosen the other so the small plate drops to one side, it reveals a toothed portion, this is the adjuster and if my memory serves me correctly turning clockwise reduces the clutch play and anticlockwise widens the gap between bearing and clutch brake, anyway turning either way will show some difference.
I used to hold an M8 bolt head up into the gap if it fit then the setting was about right. Sure these were Borg and Beck clutches though but Lipes were similar. By the way your 1996 Foden won’t have a Crash Box! more like a 1926 Foden. The box is a constant mesh type and they often get called crash boxes, which probably haven’t been fitted in wagons since the Fourties/Fifties apart from one or two exceptions. Its all to do with the gears in the box. Anyway hope this helped with the clutch problem but without having an eyeball at the thing its difficult to say for sure what adjustments to do. Good luck. Franky.