Hello Kirk,
let me preface this by saying that I don't have ANY experience
with this at all. I have never had to change or adjust a clutch
in any car can barely tell a clutch plate from the housing.
That said... I seem to remember Paul A. talking about this
situation. As I recall the carbon bearing always rests slightly
against the clutch plate. The carbon is itself a natural
lubricant, and this causes no harm whatsoever. Something about
over 100,000 miles without having to change one out, essentially
the life of the clutch plate itself, or more.
However, that WAS with the old ones, NOT the ones being made now
in India, or China, where people are reporting getting as few as
5000 miles on a T.O. bearing. With the new ones, all such bets
are off...
Someone will most likely correct me,... I'm here to learn too.
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Best regards,
Bill L. mailto:pythias at pacifier.com
'66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403 "the red thing"
EVERYWHERE!!
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