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Jan 10, 2017 3:46 pm
Jan 10, 2017 3:46 pm
Subject: Re: 2ltr clutch
I'm somewhat clutch-obsessed at the moment, an occupational hazard for 2 Litre owners and it led me to read Peter's really excellent description of the device. Perhaps the main difficulty with the clutch is its well known inability to tolerate slipping when the driven plate heats up and warps. It occurs to me that a solution that preserves all the device's vintage charms, such as they are, would be to remove the linings from the cover plate and floating plate and place them on a stronger driven plate. I've that sinking feeling that there must be an obvious reason why this would not work and that this will be gently pointed out to me very shortly but as the total thickness of linings plus driven plate would not change it does seem feasible. Comments please?
I'm somewhat clutch-obsessed at the moment, an occupational hazard for 2 Litre owners and it led me to read Peter's really excellent description of the device. Perhaps the main difficulty with the clutch is its well known inability to tolerate slipping when the driven plate heats up and warps. It occurs to me that a solution that preserves all the device's vintage charms, such as they are, would be to remove the linings from the cover plate and floating plate and place them on a stronger driven plate. I've that sinking feeling that there must be an obvious reason why this would not work and that this will be gently pointed out to me very shortly but as the total thickness of linings plus driven plate would not change it does seem feasible. Comments please?