<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">This may be of help. In the final throes of rebuilding the engine, the clutch plate had cracks where the spokes met the outer ring. As the car has the Toyota Supra 5 speed from many years back, trying to match wasn’t happening. My local shop had a source of Kentucky Clutch in Brooks, KY (<a href="http://kyclutch.com/">kyclutch.com</a>). They rebuild or build new clutches for cars, trucks, race cars. I know that have provided throw out bearings also. They might be a good source. I sent the broken clutch plate to them and a week later a new clutch plate arrived - the quality was far superior to the plate they replaced and the cost was $135.00. Who knows, maybe they will have a solution or at least some good suggestions.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 8, 2025, at 11:33 AM, Sujit Roy <triumphstag@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Replying to all. I have a Borg and Beck clutch in my Stag. It has a generic bearing in it. Changing gear is very heavy. Folks say to use the RHP bearing, I don't have a bearing in hand to compare what the difference is.<div>I have a Koyo bearing at hand and some folks say don't use it other's say they have used it. What I have gathered is that the contact point of the bearing on the fingers of the clutch plates makes the difference in feel. The Koyo bearing's contact point is farther out from the generic one I have so if I use that, changing gear maybe heavier. </div><div>Sujit</div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM Sujit Roy <<a href="mailto:triumphstag@gmail.com">triumphstag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Every Triumph onner I know says to get the correct RHP clutch release bearing, but since they are no-longer available, what are folks using as a substitute?</div><div><br></div><div>Sujit</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sujit Roy<br>Cupertino, California</div><div><br><a href="https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br clear="all"></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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