Hal the Elder
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(Quenton...you're gonna love this one!)
Today I removed my hateful Auto-Clutch to do a little surfacing on the pads again with my Dremel drum sander. (My third time.) The contact areas are getting larger, which is good!
Then I reassembled it and installed it really tight with my 17mm wrench, then began to slip on the rear belt.
As I kept turning the wheel against the tightening belt to slip it in the sheave, suddenly the wheel wouldn't turn at all!
Slipping off the belt, I found that the clutch was frozen against the arm!
I removed the clutch again to inspect it, and found that there was NO CLEARANCE between the output pulley and the clutch arm, even with those 2 washers in place, because that cylindrical spacer inside the clutch was compressed from my previous over-tightening!
This slightly reduced spacer length caused the pulley itself to tighten against the arm, preventing it from rotating.
I gave it a temporary fix by adding another washer of the same thickness and bore as the 2 factory washers, and that gave it just enough clearance so it rotates freely now.
What next with that clutch, I wonder?
HAL the ELDER
Today I removed my hateful Auto-Clutch to do a little surfacing on the pads again with my Dremel drum sander. (My third time.) The contact areas are getting larger, which is good!
Then I reassembled it and installed it really tight with my 17mm wrench, then began to slip on the rear belt.
As I kept turning the wheel against the tightening belt to slip it in the sheave, suddenly the wheel wouldn't turn at all!
Slipping off the belt, I found that the clutch was frozen against the arm!
I removed the clutch again to inspect it, and found that there was NO CLEARANCE between the output pulley and the clutch arm, even with those 2 washers in place, because that cylindrical spacer inside the clutch was compressed from my previous over-tightening!
This slightly reduced spacer length caused the pulley itself to tighten against the arm, preventing it from rotating.
I gave it a temporary fix by adding another washer of the same thickness and bore as the 2 factory washers, and that gave it just enough clearance so it rotates freely now.
What next with that clutch, I wonder?
HAL the ELDER
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