Clutch Wear

[Citroënbender]

It's still going, to paraphrase "Jacko". Although, not really by much. 

Was it The Painters and Dockers who sang something like "You're going home on the back of a tilt tray"?

[poohbah]

Ah, the dockers - one of my faves back in the day.

"You're goin home in the back of a Divi Van..."

Paul Stewart joined me for a beer one night - when I was sitting (somewhat pickled) underneath a table after a gig at the Old Melbourne Hotel here in Perth.

This was my personal favourite - can't beat punk + horns.

PS - apologies for taking this thread off track. CB, for what its worth, the thrust bearing on my Alfetta GTV has been softly whirring for over a year. I'm putting off replacement til its unavoidable too.

[Citroënbender]

If you wanna change my clutch, you'd better wear a rubber glove...

Measured the friction disc best I could in-situ by holding calipers above it and trying to eyeball an identical gap in the jaws, matching disc breadth.

3.5mm

Or, as Barence might say:      

Gettin' there...

[bazzbazz]

There is a more accurate way of doing it, grab a thick wooden cooking skewer or similar and put it through the inspection port against the edge thickness of the friction material. Trim it down till it matches the friction thickness and then measure. Thus you have a fairly accurate and repeatable method of measuring the wear.

[Citroënbender]

Clever tip, thanks. 

[Citroënbender]

OK, bit the bullet - new clutch kit, accumulator, fork bushes ordered up - will be a fortnight away as there's a special order part (timing belt cover forward side portion) in the mix as well.

Shop4Parts came in a little cheaper than Arese on this order.

Unrelatedly, the water pump I fitted in November 2017 has started weeping.  I've run the belt on the lighter side of tension, too - not like I've loaded up the bearings. No temperature anomalies and no other coolant expulsion, so I think it's just a seal failure.

[bazzbazz]

Shop4Parts came in a little cheaper than Arese on this order.

Really? 

I'm quite surprised, Vlade's prices are usually so good on the parts you mentioned that I find it not worth bothering
to shop overseas unless it's something out of the ordinary. Even then he can usually get just about anything I am after quicker than international shipping, and STILL cheaper.

[Citroënbender]

It wasn't much different, about $25.