Re: Clutch rebuilds

["John Basel" <basel@domain.elided>]

In AD V8 #253 Michael Smith wrote:

>The problem with not renewing the pressure plate assembly is not a balance 
>problem (the friction disc needs to be separately balanced from the entire 
>pressure plate assembly anyway) but a thermal stress problem. The diaphragm 
>spring almost universally used these days might last for two full friction 
>discs, but then again it might not. Often the pressure plate spring will 
>hold tight for the entire second disc service life, often it fatigues and 
>won't hold for the last quarter or so of disc life. Occasionally, the 
>spring fails shortly after the friction disc is renewed.

Is there a similar thermal stress problem with the older 101/105 clutches 
that use individual wound springs instead of a diaphram spring?

John Basel

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