Subject: clutch opinion
Author: John Prusnek
Date: Jan 21, 2002, 4:58 PM
Post ID: 1709448367
While degreasing the fiber clutch plate for my '69 Ambo, one of the
fiber sections delaminated, making it about 1/16" thinner than the rest
of them ( a thin section came off the top of one of the sections).
Rather than hunt down someone to rebond it (with the chance of it
delaminating again) I was wondering how much harm there can be to run it
as is, which means that about 1/4 of one side of one clutch disc won't
be making contact with the plate, at least until the rest of them wear
down. The clutch discs have lots of fiber left. What is the general
consensus on this?
If running it as is seems to be a bad idea, maybe someone out there
has one useable clutch disc hanging on a wall somewhere.
I still have those free steering neck bearings if anyone out there
needs them.
John Prusnek