clutchplates

[tqmx1]

Thats what we did on Jasons and one stock spring it never slipped and it left the clutch pressure stock (no Charles Atlas left hand)

[wheels]

well  then sounds like the thing to do.

[wheels]

hey the fan i finally got the wire out with a bit of paitence  . so there shouldnt be a steel behind the wire clip just friction 2. i had a look at the back of the steel  and it has a  wear mark on it from the spring clutch boss i suppoes  so i should remove it ?

Throw that wire snap ring in the garbage; it was required for engine assemble at the factory. I have seen many that have come off of a running engine and get chopped into little pieces. The pieces the get ingested by the oil pump causing major damage to it. ***Throw it away***

I also removed the cushioning spring and base and throw them away also; your choice. The pack from the factory was a narrow clutch disc on the bottom with cushioning spring, then steel & friction staggered all the way out to the pressure plate where the second narrow clutch disc is installed at the pressure plate.

If you throw away the cushioning spring in the bottom of the pack, you can now fit a full size clutch disc in there which then gives you seven regular discs and the one narrow at the pressure plate.

Randy - RPM    randy ,i got rid of that snap wire took out the cushioning spring and base .i replaced the clutch plates with a new set with the wider one on instead of the narrow one.  i also put a slave cylinder kit through.the clutch lever is a little heavier than before is this normal?

[Arnie]

Thanks Randy,

I've been having some minor clutch dragging since I changed to new frictions and 14mm master.  Not a huge hassle, but difficult to get to neutral.  I've now just replaced the thin friction with a full-size one and removed the cushion spring & wire and it all works just fine.

Cheers,
Arnie

[rossco]

There you go,never too old to learn ,hey Arnie.Might try it myself
rossco

[paulfj03]

+1 on Randy's reccomendation to remove that wire circlip!!!!!!!

I started the teardown of the 1100 motor.. I was removing the clutch plates and found the circlip wire strewn throughout the plates and the friction plate next to it looked like this:



     

there is approx 2" missing from the wire circlip!



hopefully I find the missing chunks of the friction plate and the wireclip without any signs of wear anywhere
not good!

At least I removed that wire (because of this discussion) from the 86 when the plates were changed recently ! I will be doing preventative maintenance to the others and that wire is going in the garbage!

[Pat Conlon]

 Hey Thanks Paul. Can I use your post and photos in our "slipping clutch" write up we have in the Files section? It will be a help.

Your photos are great and worth a thousand words.     Pat

[paulfj03]

Of course. Hope it helps.