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Old 05-21-2008, 09:03 AM   #13 (permalink)
22655TD
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Re: What is the "Clutch of the day"

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Originally Posted by exSSer View Post
What exactly do you mean by "stack up measurements" ? I'm changing my PP flywheel and slave soon with an Exedy setup, and plan on adapting a C6ZO6 slave/master if possible.
The Exedy Twin was the one that I found the issue on. I had a Exedy single that lasted 4k miles and then a Exedy Twin that lasted about 6k miles. They all failed the same way. The discs just wore out. Exedy told me that the Exedy Twin was NOT designed for normal driving (right after the single failed and they sold me the Dual AND said that is what I should have used) and told me that the dual is for strip use only and that is why it failed so they gave me a single for warranty, which I sold

I started to look at the Tex dual plate and with help from one of their head guys there, I started checking the "stack up measurements" WHICH MEANS
When you have a hydraulic release brg inside a bellhousing after you install all you internal parts of the clutch system there needs to be a .060 gap between the release bearing and the fingers of the pressure plate (with no fluid in system and pushing the release brg back) if not you will prematurely wear out the discs. All this can change when you install aftermarket flywheels, release brgs, pressure plates AND differant stroker cranks and versions of the LSX blocks. On the Exedy Dual with my LS2 stroker build up I ended up with the release bearing pushing IN on the fingers about .110.
That is why the first and second Exedy clutches wore out. They came with a flywheel, I don't know if that was the only problem because it had a aftermarket stroker crank and I used a LS2 block instead of a LS6 block in my 2002 ZO6. With the Tex Dual I ended up machining about .080 OFF the pressure posts which pulled the fingers in about .125 to give me the .060 gap I needed. This was all done with the help over the phone from the main brain at Tex clutches. On the triple plate clutches they machine the release brg housing so they get that clearance. Alot of people aren't even checking this measurement and after I learned about it, I have seen alot of issues.
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