Clutch job on the 1935 Rolls Royce
After struggling for 12 hours to get the transmission out of the white 1935 Rolls Royce, our diagnosis of the severely worn clutch was confirmed. The lining is down to the copper rivets and has blown away in areas. More critical is that one of the 4 release arms is broken as you can see in the photo. I have been searching high and low for the part and would like to find one rather than make one because I am sure the part is extremely strong and well made.
The hardest thing about removing the transmission was getting all of the cotter pins out of the dozens and dozens of linkage rods that operate the brakes and other controls. The original cotter pins are super hard and brittle and just do not come out of there easily. With all of the oil that had leaked out all over the place for the last 75 years, at least nothing was rusted in place!
1935 Rolls Royce Clutch lining
Broken Rolls Royce Clutch release arm
admin said,
October 30, 2010 @ 8:16 pm
Wow, I cannot remember, my only advice is to take lots and lots of photos. You cannot use your practical mind to work on these cars, you just have to imagine Rolls building a complex running chassis and then another company putting a body on it with no thought on how to get to all of those complex parts.