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len47merc

11-21-2021 @ 5:17 AM

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The point here is being missed and/or glossed over. Good quality clutch and pressure plates (recommend Fort Wayne) properly installed (see Tom0's posts on the subject on releasing pressure plate force during install) combined with quality and properly installed motor mounts will result in a buttery smooth clutch operation. If this is what you are after invest the time and effort to accomplish this and you will be rewarded.

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11-19-2021 @ 6:04 AM

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hey 46coupe, how fast do you think you have you're idle set? when i first got my '37 i started to drive it like any other 4 or 5 speed i'd ever had and i experienced the chatter/shudder so bad i thought it was gonna shake the fenders off the car. this technique we talk about takes practice. i do not have any shudder whatsoever unless i get too much revs. i thought i was going to have everything done as you had with clutch rebuild and such. i even have some old motor mounts i probably should replace. practiced the technique,is all good,smoothe. keep trying,Tom.

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11-19-2021 @ 2:11 AM

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Thanks for your response. I've tried that also. It still will chatter, only not as much.

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11-18-2021 @ 12:06 PM

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howdy,i'm with sarahcecelia and jaychicago iv'e had my '37 fordor for over 2 yrs now and i do exactly like these guys. let the clutch out at idle or as very close to. these old fords have so much low end torque it'l take off. practice in the neiborhood on the level. it's a little trickier on a hill you'll get it.good luck,Tom.

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11-17-2021 @ 11:38 AM

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Me too. Had the car five years, and just this year realized engaging the clutch as I always did on other cars causes some chatter. Now I try to do it as Steve Lee said, engage the clutch before giving any gas pedal. Is a little tricky, and if not done right will cause a stall, but usually not cuz the flathead has good low-end torque. When done right, no clutch chatter, at least on my car.

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11-17-2021 @ 8:53 AM

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My '40 did that too; and I found that if I engaged the clutch at idle speed, it engaged with no chatter, and then I could accelerate to hi-way or street speeds. If I gave it the gas too soon-(not at idle) it chattered.

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11-16-2021 @ 8:14 AM

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Ok Tom, thanks.

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11-15-2021 @ 9:46 AM

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Some motor mounts are not made properly. Bob Drakes seem the be the closest to the Ford mounts. Here are a couple of topics on clutch chatter and motor mounts:

https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=10545&keywords=clutch%20chatter

https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=10525&keywords=clutch%20chatter

Both posts are very lengthy, but I suggest that you print them out and read them and then go back over them again after you look at yours. If you cannot resolve the clutch chatter by replacing the motor mounts, you will have to consider replacing the clutch disc, checking the flywheel runout and the adjustment of the pressure plate fingers. You should also make sure that the shop that replaced the clutch removed the pressure on the disc when they were tightening the bolts, so the cover did not warp.

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11-15-2021 @ 8:50 AM

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It was turned to take any warp out of it.

alanwoodieman

11-14-2021 @ 7:37 PM

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was the flywheel turned or surfaced?

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