South Bend clutch

[drawson]

Here are pitures of my new South Bend Clutch... .

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[sewman]

I've had one in my truck for about 6 mon.
It sure is ine grabbing clutchI got the ceramic lining which did you get?To eliminate
chatter when taking off I need to use all 5 gears.




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[HEMI®Dart]

Drawson,

Let us know how you like it.

Whats the HP rating?

I'm going to be in the market for a new clutch soon. I'm leaning towards the SB too.

 

[drawson]

This clutch has a brass alloy pucks for friction material. Peter told me that is is holding 475 HP and around 1100 FP or torque.

 

[South Bend Clutch]

Please let me know what your thoughts are on the directions to install the pressure plate. Was it simple? Is there something we can do to make it easier? According to other rammers who have used other companies Sachs covers, centering was a problem. I hope what we did made it easier for you. Peter

 

[Champane Flight]

I don't like the idea of a ceramic,but the brass is interesting. Let us know how it performs. I had a ceramic clutch in a KW I had. It would lockup good,but when trying to take off on a hill it would jerk the crap out of you,drivetrain,and truck.

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[drawson]

Peter this centering idea looks super!!!! It will be in a week from Saturday & I'll let you know how it holds. Any break in suggestions?

 

[South Bend Clutch]

No,you should be able to just GO-GO-GO. Do be very careful when putting the trans. in not to bend the disk, this can cause a chatter and release problem. Good luck on the install! Peter

 

[rhoads]

Suprised S. B. didnt coment
Ceramic pucks __NO slippiage
Brass pucks --can slightly be slipped.
If you need to slip-- in the case of rev/steep hill/overdrive transmission use organiac faceing.
If your trying to get off the line min. Ceramic's in this case the clutch is ether engaged/or/dis-engaged... ... .

 

[South Bend Clutch]

Actualy, The organic facing is a woven or molded lining, where as brass pucks are very abrasive and rough on the flywheel and pressure plate castings causing a more agressive contact. The ceramic puck has the brass, ceramic, and a carbin fiber such as the Meba button wich causes less friction to the castings creating less grooving to the applied surfaces. In the tracter pull clutch's we build the brass pucks grab harder but don't last as long because of the grooving.

 

[South Bend Clutch]

I should have stated, drawson has ceramic pucks for the pupose of tring to make engagement as smooth as poss. using a button stile disk. If you have any questions or input on this, feel free to call me at 1-800-988-4345. Peter

 

[F Simkowski (In Memory)]

Hey Guys:
Some good info on the clutch! I'm going to move it to the Products/Accessories forum for exposure and to let the 24 valvers check it out.
Frank Simkowski