Fwd: Re: [ihc] Scout 800A throwout bearing

[Bill Martell <ihscoutfever@xxxxxxxxx>]

Note: forwarded message attached.
Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now.
Received: from [68.2.65.25] by web41010.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 06
  Sep 2004 21:28:11 PDT
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:28:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Martell <ihscoutfever@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: [ihc] Scout 800A throwout bearing
To: Tom Anderson <ande1054@domain.elided>
In-Reply-To: <20040906204356.Q49251@domain.elided>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Length: 1554
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

Hey Tom,
I wrestled with the "constant adjusting and worn fork" problem a couple years back on my 64' scout 80 w/ 152.  
 
Long story short:  The pressure was not being released by the master cylinder because a washer was installed wrong side out on a DPO rebuild.  
 
I used a boneyard donor as a guide along with the shop manual to re-rebuild the master cly. correctly.  I replaced the fork w/ boneyard because a welder told me it was cast iron and was difficult to weld w/o cracking.
 
Has worked flawlessly for three years now.
 
If it was me I would verify that your master is releasing pressure and letting the fork release with proper freeplay.  Then go from there.  Pin sounds like DPO (Damm Previous Owner) attempt to address the symptom of worn fork.
Bill
 

Tom Anderson <ande1054@domain.elided> wrote:
Hi, Binders. I had the plastic flywheel cover off my 800A, today. I am
trying to see why the clutch needs constant adjustment to keep from
dragging. I noticed that the collar behind the throwout bearing, the one
with the groove in it, that the release fork rides in, had a pin through
it to keep it from rotating. The pin runs fore and aft, through the sides
of the groove, and stops against the release fork. This doesn't seem right
to me. It seems like that collar should be free to rotate, so the release
fork doesn't contact the same spots on the collar all the time. Can anyone
tell me whether or not this is the OEM setup? This Scout has been dinked
with by POs, to the point where I don't know what's stock, and what's not.
I also noticed that the pads on the release fork, that ride in the the
collar, are worn pretty badly. can these be built up by welding?
This Scout has a 152, and T-90, in it, that someone swapped in somewhere
along the way.
Thanks.
Tom Anderson
'77 Scout II
'70 Scout 800A
'66 IH Cub Cadet 102
Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!