Touching clutch and pp surfaces

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by P.S.

My 95 year old dad disagrees. I just follow directions, so keep my greasy hands off the friction surfaces, as told by the old guy who knows way more than me.

My high school shop teacher said the same thing and did a demo one time. The same thing you describe about overcoming the lubricant and the surfaces eventually grabbing is what lead to a chattering clutch in our shop experiment. Where the friction plate and disc grabbed, a slight ridge could be seen. Do that over and over, and you get an uneven surface. That experiment stands out in my mind, so I do as dad says and keep my greasy paws off the clutch disc, flywheel, and pressure plate. Just a habit now. None of my cars have a chattering clutch.

Maybe that's why, or maybe not. I mean, it can't hurt.

Well, we're not going to go against your Pop or the H/S Teacher, -are we??