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Out of curiosity....what can be done in advance of, or during the axle removal to prevent the splines from mis- aligning?

Graphite on the cluster gears? down the cable?

Before I tear into my cluster can anyone tell me if this is most likely cable related or Speedo gears(cluster) related? 1972 Dodge Dart

Wish I could say I have fixed it. I had just finished up restoring an 87 D100 truck and thought I had everything wrapped up so I could focus on the Dart. well......the weather changed and I ended up having to fight bugs on the truck project. leaks, carb issues etc.... the little things. I have...

It is a manual brake car, but that would make sense.

last night I had my neighbor come over and help me rock the various sides of the car and also lifted one side at a time to check a arms, and all joints for slop/ play. Everything seemed to be fine. I found a large parking lot near the airport and made a few runs while turning the motor off and...

Thanks for the check in. I get home tomorrow and can get back out there after it. Trying to scope out a nice straight back road to run that test. Ill post up as soon as I can. Hopefully Thursday.

LOL you got it. Will do.

Now were talking turkey!!! they must pay you the big money!! I feel like an idiot LOL. perfect! Like Rusty Rat Rod said....trial and error/ process of elimination. I think this should answer the question once and for all.

You think it maybe in the power steering? Good idea. Ill try bringing the rpms up before stopping and see if I feel it and then remove the belt and take it for a quick spin when I get back home in a couple of days.

Thought about installing one of Schumachers Torque Straps just to eliminate the possibility of the mounts causing this problem. either way my motor could use it.

Funny you ask... I spent last night looking over the suspension again and everything seems to be fine. I do need to crank that torsion bar up a bit though. i put it up on stands and compressed the suspension on both sides and checked the return as well. all good. I started thinking about the...

So I finally made it home last night and checked the coupler. That thing is tight. No slack at all. So again I did a visual check of the suspension and didn't see anything out of the ordinary and the strut rods seem to be cranked down pretty far and are to torque specs. I did notice that my...

I will most certainly check the play in it as mentioned above. thanks

I only notice it in the steering wheel. It feels like the motor is jumping around and maybe a header or something is hitting the steering box. feels rather heavy. I do not feel it all the time, mainly when I'm coming to a stop or slowing down after opening her up. Like as the motor is settling...

I have not been home since this post, so I have not had the time to get after it yet. I have been through a number of these " cross that off the list" checks already. I am hoping that by asking for opinions I may save myself some time and or have someone fill me in on something I never would...

Wow, quite a bit to check. At this point I am positive its not a brake or bearing issue. The car has new everything since it was restored a year ago. The struts might be a possibility. Perhaps I need to crank down on them a bit more. Steering coupler.... I hadn't thought of that but would I feel...

72 Dart Swinger 340 4 speed with factory discs up front For quite sometime I have had a strange knock that I feel through the steering wheel. I have a very radical motor so I'm used to it jumping around a bit( occasional header bang etc..) With that said I have constantly kept an eye on my...

So, after installing the replacement pressure plate from brewers....problem solved!!! My luck I would get the one defective one to begin with. After installing the new one I couldnt believe how the clutch felt. Since building this car it has never felt that way. Awesome. Nice smooth shifts and a...

So after seeing the fingers all out of whack I called Wayne at Brewers performance and explained the situation. He got off the phone with me and called Mcleod. He called me back in 15 minutes and said that Mcleod was sending me a brand new unit at no charge. Kuddos to you Brewers Performance!

I'll let ya know.

So after picking the brain of my local expert he suggested that the pressure plate fingers (3) were either out of adjustment or the eye bolts have stretched. I went home and got a mirror out and started looking inside that pressure plate and sure enough he was correct! At least one of the...

After some more investigating....All linkage is moving and working, however the flywheel does not begin to move until almost at the bottom of the pedal. Strange because I watch the throw out move into the fingers but it doesnt start relasing 5the plate until very late. So I spoke with a local...

Ill give it a shot. Ill order the .050 Ram shims today.

Perfacar, if I have some one on the clutch in the car and I inspect the disc and can feel that its pretty loose, meaning it seems to have enough freedom, can it still be hitting like described in your situation?

very interesting!!! this makes a lot of sense. I am def. going to investigate this. Thanks for the heads up and explination.

made sure that was correct.

1. Parts have been gone through several times and as I mentioned thats how I learned about the 72 and up ball stud. 2.It is a brand new set up from brewers but I know how it goes so it could possibly be a pressure plate issue. It does feel like the fingers are scraping on the plate. 3. My...

Interesting. i dont think I noticed the trans moving but I really wasn't looking for it. I actually did think about the mount though because I have noticed some slicht location changes in my shift linkage compared to the headers and I recently just reinstalled the crossmember and trans mount. I...

I said a Hayes clutch earlier its actually a Mcleod set up from Brewers which I had them spec out for me. http://www.brewersperformance.com/products.asp?cat=254