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September 23, 2026 at 12:25 pm #328955
LARRY CATON
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    Hi Jacques,

    When you say to make sure that the clutch isn’t stretched, are you talking about what the parts book calls the “pinion shaft and shock absorber assembly”?  Does that lower shaft & assembly just pull out by grabbing the pinion gear?

    Since I haven’t done this before, IDK what normal vs stretched looks like, or what the remedy is if it’s stretched.

    Do you know if there’s an existing post about it, or if it’s in “the Red Book”?

    Thanks so much!

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