Seafish, I called Logan at Southbend clutch and told him what my issues were with the 1947-OKHD. I told him that I am only running a Smarty Jr on the 70hp setting and that I am 71 years old with 6 knee surgeries done on my left knee. I told him that this will be my third Southbend clutch. He sold me the EXEDY, Japanese built, pressure plate that they use for their lightest dual disc clutch that hadn't had the mounting holes drilled out yet to work for the Dual disc clutch. He said that it (P Plate) had a different fulcrum point and it would give me a softer pedal but have the same or better clamping force than the 1947 OKHD P. Plate. I also got the EXEDY disc and SB supplies a good throw out bearing that has a KOYO bearing pressed on it. I bought a 1635-2RS KOYO Japanese sealed bearing for the pilot bearing replacement.
I took the clutch to my friends transmission and gear shop for the install. Steve, one of the owners, pulled my trans/transfer case out and the old clutch. He called me and asked what I wanted to do about the TO bearing. I went to his shop and easily pressed of the NEW KOYO bearing and pressed it back on to my old TO bearing holder with the grease fitting. He commented that the slider that the TO Bearing slides on was still lightly greased and moved well. He pulled my flywheel and did a light re-surface on it. He put the new clutch in and the pedal feels close to stock pedal pressure! My OLD knee likes the clutch now!
I only added grease once and that was to see if it would make the old clutch easier which it didn't.
FYI, I use one of the little mini grease guns to lube it and I only give it ONE pump so as to not get grease in the clutch.
I originally bench tested how much grease to re apply before I used the assembly on the 1947 OKHD.
and found that the mini grease gun applied a sufficient amount with one pump.
The old clutch was near perfect with .080" plate surface left on both sides of the disc, measured from the rivet head to the clutch face. I have it for sale in the TDR classified.
On another note, the shop had a 2006 Dodge 2500HD 4x4 work truck that someone talked the owner into a heavy dual disc Southbend clutch. The owner was complaining (He's an older guy like me) about a stiff pedal. Steve, the shop co-owner, showed me the assembly and while the clutch looked like it had a lot of life left in it, I looked at the inside of the TO. bearing where it rides on the TO Brng guide and it was bone dry. Chances are that it was binding on the guide. The owner of the '06 opted to go back to a stock, dual mass clutch/flywheel assembly. Sorry for the long post.
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