[DeTomaso] Clutches- long and short of it

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/8/08 11:22:51 PM, hemipanter at hemipanter.se writes:

> What about the bersamel springs or not? This must affect the clearance 
> needed.
> 
This came thru garbled, Goran. But if you're referring to the wavy 
spring-part of the friction disc (we call them belleville springs), yes- that will 
adversely affect the possible disengagement clearance by making the disc thicker. I 
assumed that whoever needed clutch info would be using the same thickness of 
friction disc as stock. Flattening of the wavy part of a Ford pasenger car 
friction disc was one of the things the factory did early-on to increase 
disengagement clearance a few thousandths, but I think pounding them flat is   no 
longer necessary since correct-thickness clutch friction discs are readily 
available today. Some use multiple small coil springs while others use a plain flat 
disc with no shock-load-absorbtion capability. Cheers- J DeRyke


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