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#64382 08/15/2006 10:47 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 | I have a failed diaphram (I think) in a 270 11.5" clutch. It has stiffened up and will only just disengage with a short,heavy action instead of a smooth,light,progressive one. It's not slipping. Is this all typical of diaphram failure?
I have a NOS diaphram; a military workshop manual I have,shows a jig for assembling the pressure plate. How necessary are these? Looking at another old p/plate, it looks as if it could all be done by hand.
Is there any problem with this?
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#64383 08/19/2006 9:11 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 | No-one had any experience with this?
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#64384 08/19/2006 9:57 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Are the fingers even all the way around? Sometimes one of the springs in the disc fall out & lodge in the pressure plate or something breaks inside letting one side come out furthure than the other. I don,t think anyone fixes one themselves anymore. You can exhange it for a rebuilt one but most of them know are sold new.
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#64385 08/20/2006 9:04 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 | Thanks Wrenchbender.
The fingers are uneven - maybe 1/8" variation but there are no broken parts. The pressure plate that was fitted previously was worse & I replaced it with this one which visually looked good but I guess had been pulled out years ago for the same reason.
The only person I've found with first-hand experience of these military clutches failing, is an old farmer who drove one for years carting cattle. He described similar symptoms - gradual stiffening etc & eventually a finger or two breaking.
I probably should give it all to a reconditioner; I don't think the 11.5" pressure plates are available over here new.
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