Re: [Amc-list] clutch questions

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

-- Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've got a "J" sitting here at the house. It has a larger input bearing
> and slightly larger main shaft inside, but it uses the same clutch disc.
> AMC was the only manufacturer to use it as far as I can tell, and it was
> only made the last couple years the T-96 was used (~70-72 range). It's
> one tough cookie to find parts for!!

Wow, I can imagine! Does the synchro last any longer though?

You said you stuck a classic T-96 in an American? Did you just swap the 
tailshaft housing? is the output shaft exactly the same (splines and final 
seal)?

Mine's old style, four-point mounts, I forget if the rears are on the trans 
or the bellhousing and I'm too lazy (and clean) to crawl under the car 
tonight to look.


I'm fine now with this dimwitted old T-96. I'm doing heel'n'toe to blip the 
throttle to do 3-2 downshift. If I wanted a new car I'd buy one :-)

Surprise! Clutch stopped slipping! It's not that weird -- besides rust or 
glaze, it probably literally had a mouse nest in it. Spun that out with 
driving I guess. I didn't and won't push my luck though, I just got it near 
its power band in 3rd and floored it up a hill, no slippage. There were 
mouse nests all over, including one in a frame rail (I have to shop vac 
that one out.) Not that I trust it to last, but I at least got a reprieve. 
It always operates perfectly, Throwout bearing is silent, pedal fine, if 
high, smooth no chatter. Eh, I'm driving it. Will buy a clutch next payday 
or the one after, and watch ePay in the mean time for bargains.
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