new clutch for 73

[trezdustrial]

Looking to put a new clutch in my 1973 coupe.
Anyone have any advice or experiences to share ?

if anyone knows a good vette mechanic in West Michigan
and wants to pass along a name that would be great !!

 

[Rob]

Trez,

Welcome to the Corvette Action Center. I'm going to move your thread into the C3 Tech forum and maybe someone there can give you a hand.

As for Corvette repair shops in Michigan, you may want to check here:

http://corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22371

 

[MidShark]

trez
Welcome to the CAC!
Not sure where you are at, but I've had good luck over the years with Auto Performance in Grand Rapids. Chuck, the owner, is very knowledgable. They do lots of (older) Vette work. Their # is 616-538-7380.
Dick

P.S.- Rob
I was at Dynamic Corvettes last week to look at a car. He has quite an operation there! Also has parts, parts, and more parts! I could have spent the summer there just looking around! Unfortunately for us in West MI, he is over two hours away on the other side of the state.

 

[Ala75Vette]

Don't know if you're looking to do it yourself or not, but I can say it's a reasonably ambitious project. Not really tooo hard -- heck, I did it on my car -- but having the right tools, and familiarizing yourself with the procedures from the shop manual & Hanes is really important. You should be able to find an experienced mechanic that's done older manual transmissions that can do a good job for you, though, if you check around enough. I got a clutch kit from a local parts store, which included the clutch pad, pressure plate, throwout bearing, and an alignment tool, and wound up feeling really good about the whole repair. Of course, my brother-in-law is a mechanic (with air tools) and he 'assisted' so I sortof had things stacked in my favor! Don't be surprised if you find other things wrong in the process of replacing the clutch, either. My clutch fork was damaged, so I wound up ordering another one from Zip Corvette before we could finish.
You might want to check out this thread from when I did the work on my car, too: http://corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18716&highlight=clutch+replace
Best of luck!
Frank