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carbon clutch plates

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:21 pm
by goldeneye
just ordered a set for me Cosa clutch (welded /banded, x strong springs etc.) never used them before, so , whats the verdict? ive used the piaggio/newfren version for years, and put them in peoples scoots, usually with no bother. but the twos up , loaded with luggage hill starts at Whitby, coupled with a thrash down to Newark, has made me clutch slip over 70mph. and what oil are you using? GP 80 thicker oil someone said....someone else said thin motorcycle gear oil!

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:18 am
by gavi4t
kev donne got some for his mallossi p2 years ago Jeffers , he said they were the only ones that stopped clutch slip matey

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:35 pm
by goldeneye
cheers pete.

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:20 pm
by Jack221
Really pleased with them in mine. First time out was a bit grabby on pull away but a new thrust washer sorted that.

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:21 pm
by goldeneye
what GB oil you running jack?

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:28 pm
by Jack221
Just standard SAE30 lawnmower oil. Once bedded in it just feels like a standard clutch but no high speed slip :D

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:35 pm
by goldeneye
heard that as well, just use straight 30. so, straight 30 it is then.

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:06 am
by ducksta
i tested some a year ago for chislespeed in my t5 malossi in a cosa clutch, i took them out in the end would slip and creap but like everything else in the scootering world it works for some but not others

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:44 pm
by goldeneye
putting them in next week, then a blatt to Cleethorpes via Whitby/scab/Brid/ humber bridge to test them out. I"ll keep some spare ones and tools in case they are s**t.

Re: carbon clutch plates

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:06 pm
by Jack221
Thats a good point! For them not to slip you need big springs too. I have 10 SIP XXL springs in an MMW superstrong basket.