Norm, I had the same thing happing with a 8.5" Borg and Beck. Two years
ago, 1 hour of extreme service (racing), the friction material came off
the disc. The 8.5" Borg and Beck replacement now has at least 20 hours
on it and appears to be fine.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of NSippel
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 6:04 PM
> To: MG Digest; dcouncil@imt.net
> Subject: Clutch Problems
>
>
> David Council says his clutch disc has broken.
>
> David:
>
> How old is your disc? What make?
>
> I installed a heavy duty clutch in my MGB over July 4th
> weekend & about 3 weeks ago & at about 4,000 miles, 25% of
> the disc face broke apart. It was a Borg & Beck 8-1/2" unit
> that I used on the street & for only 2 races. The previous
> clutch, an stock 8" unit, survived 3 years, 6 races & about
> 20,000 miles.
>
> I was lucky. It happened as I was sitting at my garage
> waiting for the electric door to open. Ten hours later, the
> old 8" disc & plate are back in. My parts supplier, Brit-Tek
> has already sent new replacement parts. Curious about yours.
>
> Norm Sippel
> '66 MGB
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