Sounds like you might have a friction pad that cam off and got jammed . Keep us posted.

Jeff

I wish it was a friction pad!!.

The nut that screws onto the pully compressing the clutch spring is stripped. The threads on the pully are stripped. That whole thing almost flew apart when I took the last thread off the bell housing.

Has anyone else experienced this? I installed my 1500 clutch spring in May and got the nut on there tight.

Guess I'm going to call and get some parts tomorrow.

I'll post the pic's as soon as I get the camera downloaded. (Battries died)

I was installing a 1500 power spring for a customer a few months ago and went to tighten the nut and the stupid nut busted right into . That spring went fling through the air just missing the guys head .

Jeff

does this happen often? If so should I put my stock spring back on?

I thin you are the first we have had.


-S

My case was a bad retaining nut . I looked at the inside and it looked like potmetal I think that nut should be grade 8 or better.

Jeff

You know of any place one could get a grade 8 nut? Like a Auto Zone or Pep Boys? I don't think they would have a nut that would be a close enough match. Maybe I should have put some loc tight on it. Not that it would have helped their are no threads left on the pully or the nut.

Pep boys sells grade 5 and grade 8 bolts in both metric and sae as does Lowes home stores.

I've seen them there. I just never looked close enough to see if they had one flat enough for the clutch spring. But then I wasn't looking either.

Thanks
Tom

Your first stop should be:

http://www.boltdepot.com/Default-B.aspx

These guys rock! Virtually any type of fastner you can think of, good prices, and fast shipping too. If they don't have what you need try:

http://www.mcmaster.com/

I will vouch for either outfit.