thanks Nelson.
Can anyone supply me w/some info or point me to a reference where I can
find out what other car makes and models can use the clutch parts used
in a TR6. I recall seeing something about a Saab 99, but thought there
were others, and can't remember where to find the resource.
thanks,
Ryan
> Ryan, et al
>
> RHP is the company or brand --- it's stamped on the bearing. The
> latest TRF
> TR250-TR6 catalog says they prefer to sell RHP gearbox mainshaft
> bearings,implying that RHP are the good ones. After all the crap
> I've heard about
> RHP release bearings, I'll think long and hard before replacing those
> mainshaft bearings when I do a gearbox rebuild.
>
> I bought three RHP release bearings a few years ago that came in a
> LUK box.
> >From that I concluded that LUK distributes the RHP bearing. TRF
> sells two
> versions of the LUK clutch, the standard with the RHP bearing and the
> uprated one with the Koyo bearing.
>
> I don't believe the bearing failures are related to the type of
> clutch. I
> haven't yet got hold of either a LUK or a Sachs pressure plate to
> measurethe release force required. Many seem to think the pressure
> required is
> less for these clutches than for the Borg & Beck clutch. I'm
> skeptical at
> the moment since the Borg & Beck was supposed to be much stiffer
> than the
> original Laycock pressure plate but when I measured a new Borg & Beck
> pressure plate and a 20 year old Laycock pressure plate, I found
> less than
> 10% difference. Maybe the old Laycock pressure plate got stiffer
> with age,
> but that has not been most folks experience.
>
> Nelson Riedel
> Granville Ohio
> '68TR250, '70TR6, '76TR6
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