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Re: new clutch may be needed

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 1:58 pm
by Beanhead
not been on the dyno as yet, just finished running it in, should be good tho.;-)

Re: new clutch may be needed

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:05 pm
by drunkmunkey6969
camel wrote:i did surface grind the top plate to 2.5mm and deepended the crownwheel myslelf.....im using surflex b green plates...which i changed over the winter...mind you the std surflex corkes seemed to work better last year.
i,l tally up the stack up i have then and see if i can give it more clearance before i invest
many thanks
I'm confused now, are you saying you are running 4 or 5 thin green plates in a deepened basket? If you are running 4 thin greens in a deep basket then you will almost certainly have too much free play, and you can try to take up that excessive free play with an extra plate.

Re: new clutch may be needed

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:39 pm
by coaster
camel wrote:
drunkmunkey6969 wrote:....i,l tally up the stack up i have then and see if i can give it more clearance before i invest
many thanks
It's probably LESS clearance that you need, too much clearance means that the springs are at or beyond the point of maximum tension.

Re: new clutch may be needed

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:42 pm
by camel
arh...when i say deepend i mean where the ears of the plates sit..i know some crownwheels are like this as std....this one wasnt...think i copied sticky,s book on this one.not the actuall depth of the crownwheel itself(sorry for the confusion)
yes 4 green surflex plates....heavy duty springs and a centre spring to boot

Re: new clutch may be needed

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:07 pm
by drunkmunkey6969
camel wrote:arh...when i say deepend i mean where the ears of the plates sit..i know some crownwheels are like this as std....this one wasnt...think i copied sticky,s book on this one.not the actuall depth of the crownwheel itself(sorry for the confusion)
yes 4 green surflex plates....heavy duty springs and a centre spring to boot
OK, i think this might be your problem. When you put the clutch compression tool on to the clutch/pressure plate and wind it in all the way in, the clutch plates should then be 'loose' in the crownwheel.....get hold of an 'ear' on the top/nearest clutch plate and 'waggle' it. It should 'waggle' no more than 2.5mm.....

If you find the top plate 'waggles' a lot and is very sloppy.....either fit more plates or thicker steels until you reduce the free play (waggle) to under 2.5mm....but no less than 1mm.

Ok?

Re: new clutch may be needed

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:55 pm
by camel
roger that
thank you