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"I feel lucky"; or, "pressure plate spring fatigue"

To: <REwald9535@aol.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: "I feel lucky"; or, "pressure plate spring fatigue"
From: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 08:45:52 -0700
Is there any way to check pressure plate spring rates?  I
have a "pile" of pressure plates, and have wondered how to
tell which ones may be usable again.

Larry Hoy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of REwald9535@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 11:12 PM
> To: cfrench@cybertours.com; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Skye and Me
>
>
> So Carl,
> When you got up this morning did you say to yourself "I
feel lucky"  Will did ya?
> I have been where you are right now, and every time I
tried to cheap out and
> not replace the clutch, I wished I had in very short
order.  BTW the most
> common failure mode for a pressure plate is spring fatigue
causing clutch
> slippage.  Needless to say you can't see spring fatigue.
> $.02
> Rick Ewald
>
> In a message dated 01/30/2000 7:02:00 PM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> cfrench@cybertours.com writes:
>
> > The pressure plates (the organic looking
> things?) seem to be
> >  perfect with the exception of a few wear marks
> on both sides. Like I
> >  said a 100 is a 100 and I could still use it
> for some other parts.


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