Dave,
First, I have seen your problem before. My Spit has done it several
times. It is do to all the torque of the Spit engine. ;)
I have not heard of B&K clutches. is that a Canadian brand? Try the
Borg & Beck clutch. It seems to be a better quality than the AP unit.
Doug Mitchell
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Chu [mailto:dave@ece.concordia.ca]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:56 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: 78 Clutch replacement
I finally got a chance to work on my grounded spit. The problem was the
clutch. The clutch plate broke, there is now a outter ring and an inner
hub. A picture of it is at the following link:
http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/carpics/clutch.jpg
There was only around 15K miles on this clutch and it was made by B&K. Anyone
ever seen such a failure and kown what can cause this? The only thing I can
think of is the output shaft was binding with the plate and cause it to flex
too much and fail. I guess I was lucky it finally gave up in my parents
drive way.
I'm not that happy with the new clutch kit that I got. Althought the
supplier advertised it was B&K the parts doesn't look to be in best of quality.
The clutch plate is solid without grooves and it's thinner and can only
have 1.5mm of wear before hitting the rivets. But they are stamped with
markings saying they were made in England.
Dave
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