New clutch, truck barely moves now,

[68lwb292]

Don't feel bad I've been where your at several times. The key is to learn from your mistakes so next time you look like an expert. I came on to check and see is you were up and running yet, let us know when you git'r done!

[oldblue1968chevy]

haha havent even gotten it yet, goin to cruise in tonite with gf and my mom LOL but after looking at cars eating dinner and ice cream maybe i'll be able to pick the bearing up

[68lwb292]

Hey I just noticed you don't live far from some of my family. They live in Manchester now but used to live in Morrison. My cousin does maintenance for Bridgestone.

[oldblue1968chevy]

cool! next time u come to visit give me a holler! manchester isnt far at all!

ps i have family (and moved here from Fl) where is bushnell?

ok guys, got pilot bushing and TB (short) today!!!

i ordered the pilot bushing for a 68 with a 307? is that gonna work with my 350?

[68lwb292]

Bushnell is right off I-75 about 50 miles north of Tampa and west of Orlando. We come up once in a while and I'll make sure too look you up next time we come up. Probably next summer unless something comes up. As for the Pilot Bushing there is a good chance it will be fine they didn't change much if they changed at all.

[Shyguy]

Don't know for sure, but since I put a pilot bushing for a 350 in a 454 it might.

[oldblue1968chevy]

i may be gone next summer lol, im senior this year may be off to the air force lol idk for sure yet

i hope it works, otherwise i'll have to stop in my tracks and get a diff. pilot bushing..

[68lwb292]

Just make sure it slides on the input shaft before you install it.

You don't happen to know a Jaryd or Tyler Brock they are my cousins boys and they are about your age?

[oldblue1968chevy]

nope, where they go to school? If coffee county, i wouldnt know em, if warren county, i might...

[68lwb292]

They were in Coffee but I think they go to some kind of home school Co-op but I'm not sure. How and where was the cruise-in I've heard them talk about going to shows and just assumed they were in McMinnville but I'm was probably wrong.

[oldblue1968chevy]

cruise in was good gf is tryin to download pics now..i'll post em

ok i got bellhousing off, starter off and fixin to do the clutch if she dont hurry lol

hopefully i get pilot bushing in tonite, and maybe clutch problem is i dont have the tool to do it with lol..i threw plastic one awayy

[oldblue1968chevy]

OK, got it all torn down to the flywheel tonite

The old pilot bushing goes in and out of crank easy as pie NOT GOOD

What if the new one is the same way?.. lol

[raycow]

Are those your old and new pressure plates in the bottom pic? If yes, the difference in finger height is unmistakable. The PP in the rear takes a long T/O bearing and the one in front takes a short.

Ray

[usmcchevy]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

OK, got it all torn down to the flywheel tonite

The old pilot bushing goes in and out of crank easy as pie NOT GOOD

What if the new one is the same way?.. lol

Yes, you need the short bearing.

If the new pilot bushing is still loose. LIGHTLY dimple the surface of the bearing with a center punch to knearl (sp) it until you need to tap it in.

[68lwb292]

Any luck yet? We haven't heard from you in a while, figured you must be out burning up the highways!

[oldblue1968chevy]

oops didnt update this thread i guess

i got the trans in a few days ago, short TB everything went well!

now i just need to get it tuned up and running good!

[raycow]

Thanks for the feedback. It's good to hear you eventually got everything sorted out. What did you do about the pilot bushing?

Ray

[oldblue1968chevy]

the new one went in quite tight!

i still have the blood blister from it lol

check out my thread, i need help getting it tuned and running good:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=410951&page=6

[ChevyLvr4Life]

Congrats on getting it up and running again! I'm a newbie on here and have been following this thread. I'm starting to have clutch issues and will probably be putting one in my truck soon. You mentioned that you got yours from Autozone. That's where I'll probably get mine from since I have a buddy there who will let me use his discount lol. So from what you can tell does that clutch kit seem to work good? Was there a noticeable difference in driving from the old clutch to the new one? My truck is the first vehicle I have owned that's had a manual trans, that's why all the questions. I have helped my buddies in the past put clutches in there vehicles, but I never got to drive them to experience the differences.

[Shyguy]

I got the "Clutch Kit" for my '71 C-10 from Auto Zone and so far it works great. We had no problems putting it on.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Haha, I wouldnt have a problem putting it in either if I wouldnt have to 'try to be smarter than the guy on the other side of the counter..LOL

He gave me the short TB, a long TB came out of truck..lol,PP was made to work with short TB, OH WELL

[Shyguy]

i am real glad you got things worked out. I have found these trucks can be confusing at times, at least for me.

You have to watch those guys/girls at the box auto parts stores, lol. I know from experience, I worked at Auto Zone for 3 years and O'Rielly's for a year.

It was not unusual for the wrong part to be in a box. When people returned new parts we were supposed to check the contents of the box to make sure the right parts were in the box. Unfortunately it did not always happen. Heck, we even got the wrong part in a box from the warehouse at times.