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drive train => clutch => Topic started by: brit plumber on September 03, 2020, 08:55:20 AM

Title: What am I missing?
Post by: brit plumber on September 03, 2020, 08:55:20 AM: What’s missing from this photo? I’m guessing an access panel but I’ve no idea what it should look like.
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: 8683jb on September 03, 2020, 09:44:44 AM: It's just a flat steel plate. About .120" thick.

(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/20200903_082958.jpg)
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: brit plumber on September 03, 2020, 11:30:12 AM: Thanks, I think I can make that cover easy enough.
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: mkoloc on September 03, 2020, 11:48:24 AM: I have mine off right now if you need a detailed pic ... letr me know.

Mark
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: coreyelliott on September 03, 2020, 01:42:33 PM: That is where you might grease your throwout bearing (depending on mods) and where you adjust your clutch.

Corey
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: steve1973 on September 03, 2020, 03:52:14 PM: Quote from: coreyelliott on September 03, 2020, 01:42:33 PM
That is where you might grease your throwout bearing (depending on mods) and where you adjust your clutch.

Corey

That is correct. Just a note to all. If you have the later bell housing with the grease zerk on the out side, remove the access cover to verify that it is actually connected to the throw out bearing. If not it is just going to make a pile of grease on the inside doing no good for your clutch or throw out bearing.

Steve A.
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: mkoloc on September 03, 2020, 04:46:27 PM: Pics ..
(https://i.postimg.cc/zLZZrj36/IMG-20200903-165158.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/zLZZrj36)
Measured 6 1/8 inches in length

(https://i.postimg.cc/CR8XmqJN/IMG-20200903-165230.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CR8XmqJN)
Measured 3 5/8 inches width

(https://i.postimg.cc/4mmrHM9j/IMG-20200903-165318.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4mmrHM9j)
3 inches center to center ...ends had different measurement

(https://i.postimg.cc/SYKHr1t2/IMG-20200903-165503.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SYKHr1t2)
2 5/8 inches center to center for both ends due to the radius
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: Outsider on September 04, 2020, 04:28:07 AM: At the end of the day you don't have to have the cover there. It helps keep dirt and mud out if you are using it as the military intended, but not necessary for what most of us use these for now.
Steve
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: Jesse on September 04, 2020, 06:01:58 AM: It’s a favorite place for mice to build a nest though.
Title: Re: What am I missing?
Post by: brit plumber on September 04, 2020, 02:03:03 PM: Thanks for the replies Gents, and thanks for the measurements of the plate. I can knock one of those up easy enough.