Re: Snubber install on a 36 120 business coupe

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2020/4/12 17:50:49

Hey David,

Not sure if you caught any of my posts on this subject last year, but as Howard points out, there are numerous other causes for clutch chatter. The Flackmaster is an authority on the different iterations of the device and can help you with replacement or rebuilding your unit should it need it. But I do think it was he, that said half the cars out there don't have them and they drive fine. With my car, I had the engine out for rebuild and thought I would get the clutch disc resintered while I had it disassembled. I took it to a proper brake and clutch house and they put new friction rings on it for me. The pressure plate looked fine so I just put everything back together. New engine ran great, newly rebuilt trans shifted fine, but I had terrible clutch chatter. I DID try adjusting the subject snubber to no avail and eventually took it all apart again and put in an exchange clutch from Kanter. After that, it was smooth as silk. In my case it had everything to do with the material they had used for the clutch discs and they were obviously grabbing too aggressively. Chris.