[Fot] Scatter Shields

[Geoffrey Byrne]

Henry
You are correct it was a early finger type clutch . I have not heard of a
diaphram clutch exploding but we have had a number of flywheels come off the
2.5 motors but not come through the bell housing.

Geoff
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Frye" <henry at henryfrye.com>
To: "Geoffrey Byrne" <gkbyrne at optushome.com.au>; <FOT at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 12:14 AM
Subject: RE: [Fot] Scatter Shields


> Geoff,
>
> Do you know what kind of clutch it was that exploded?
>
> Any chance it was it a stock finger-type TR2-4? I have heard of a couple
> of those that have let go.
>
> Anybody ever hear of a TR4A-6 diaphragm spring type clutch letting go?
>
> PS. Everyone realizes Geoff is down under, where they drive right hand
> steer cars. When he says fragments in the passenger footwell, that means
> the junk got dumped into the left side footwell...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geoffrey Byrne
> > Subject: Re: [Fot] Scatter Shields
> >
> > One of our guys had his TR4 clutch explode at the end of the
> > straight at Winton in Vic . Cut the bell housing in half and
> > dumped the fragments in the passenger footwell . No shield
> > just the cardboard tranny cover. Very lucky guy. Our regs in
> > Aus do not require a scatter shield for historics Geoff Byrne