Clutch disc confusion

[Kneale Brownson]

Thanks to Jim's "test" (holding the clutch disc up to the flywheel), I
determined that the side with the little yellow springs  had to go into the
space in the pressure plate.

Thanks, all, for the guidance.




At 06:22 PM 10/17/2006 -0700, Jim Dupree wrote:
>The spring cage faces toward the pressure plate. If
>the cage faced the flywheel it would hit the flywheel
>bolts. Not all disc have those little yellow spring so
>your disc does not look the same as the Bentley
>picture. Hold it up to the flywheel and see which side
>has the most clearance.

>
>> Mr. Bentley's drawings of how the clutch/pressure
>> plate relate look like 
>> the side of the disc in the pix at 
>> http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/68746052
>> goes toward the 
>> pressure plate (namely, the drawings on page 30.9
>> and 30.7) But the 
>> accompanying text says "Spring cage faces pressure
>> plate". So, if you look 
>> at the next photo
>> http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/68746480 
>> there is a spriing cage with little yellow springs.
>> Is that supposed to 
>> face the pressure plate?????