[ROVERNET - UK] P4 105S Clutch

[rogerdm at iprimus.com.au]

If you have a new bearing and the box is in bits it is always worth changing.
 you never know how long an seemingly good bearing will last.
>-- Original Message --
>Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 14:35:57 -0800 (PST)
>From: iudkuy wcygiohs <iudkuy at yahoo.com>
>Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] P4 105S Clutch
>To: royston at jualry.fsnet.co.uk, rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>Cc: 
>Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>
>
>Alan
>
>Thanks for the re-assurance. I checked my flywheel and
>it is indeed a two dowel type. However the kind people
>who have ground the surface of the flywheel have also
>ground the dowels. Is this the modern practice or will
>I have to somehow extract the stubs of the dowels, now
>flush with the surface, and replace them?
>
>Second (third?) question. The new clutch has been
>supplied with a new withdrawal bearing. Is it wise to
>replace this? It's a bit of a fiddly job on the P4 and
>the existing bearing spins freely and is not noisy.
>
>Cheers
>
>Peter B
>
>
>--- Alan FRANCIS <royston at jualry.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter,
>> 	   Had a similar problem myself about 6 months ago.
>> I contacted the Land
>> Rover Series 2 discussion forum
>> www.series2club.co.uk and got the answer
>> enclosed below. With my former access to part number
>> cross reference and
>> suppersessions I know for a fact that some P4 part
>> numbers change over to
>> Land Rover ones still current today.The clutches
>> were in effect the same
>> originally. With regard to the spring pressures I
>> wouldn't worry to much. If
>> the same part number was the same (and it was) then
>> the pressures would have
>> been the same originally. Mine had the 2 dowel
>> arrangement and I would
>> assume so has yours.
>> regards
>> 
>> Alan Francis (Part Viking)
>> 
>> Re: Clutch Applications
>>
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>> ----
>>  The Series 2/2A Land Rover uses two different
>> clutches. All 2 litre engines
>> (petrol and diesel), 2.25 petrol engines and early
>> 2.25 diesel engines use a
>> 9" coil spring type clutch (part nos 231888 for the
>> cover and 275811 for the
>> 2 litre plate and 540519 for the 2.25 petrol ot
>> 601294 for the 2.25 diesel
>> plate - I think the difference is in the damper
>> springs or lining material
>> and not the dimensions). Later 2.25 diesel and all
>> 2.6 petrol engines use a
>> 9.5" diaphragm spring clutch (part nos 571228 for
>> the cover and 271712 for
>> the diesel plate and 561536 for the 2.6 petrol
>> plate) which was optionally
>> available on the 2.25 petrol.
>> 
>> The two types of clutch are not directly
>> interchangeable due to different
>> dowel arrangements in the flywheel (the coil clutch
>> has two, the diaphragm
>> three dowels), however this problem can be overcome.
>> You should be able to
>> pick whichever clutch matches you're original type
>> (coil or diaphragm) and
>> fit that. One important thing. Don't be tempted to
>> buy the Series 3 type
>> clutch cover. Its a 9.5" diaphragm unit similar to
>> the 2A, but it does not
>> have a boss in the centre for the release bearing
>> and as a result requires
>> the release bearing to be much closer to the clutch
>> than with the older
>> covers. The result is normally a clutch that cannot
>> be released.
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
>> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf
>> Of iudkuy wcygiohs
>> Sent: 04 December 2004 01:38
>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] P4 105S Clutch
>> 
>> 
>> This is my first posting, though I have been
>> following
>> the topics on the Rovernet for some time. But now I
>> would like some advice.
>> 
>> I am replacing the worn clutch in my 105S and have
>> obtained a replacement through a local supplier. How
>> can I tell if the springs and therefore the weight
>> of
>> the pedal will not be greater than the original
>> yellow
>> spring type? I'm concerned because on the side of
>> the
>> box it states that it is for L/Rover and R/Rover.
>> 
>> Peter B
>> 
>> 
>> 
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