----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy Gibson" <bgibson@internetwork.net>
To: "Rob" <a70ragtop@hotmail.com>; <old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com>;
"_Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch questions
> Rob
> Go to N.A.P.A. They have what you need, I got the
> Diaphragm pressure plate instead of the three finger it is
> easier on the leg, They will measure your old one and
> tell you if you have a 10 1/2 or a 11 in clutch.
> HooT58
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob" <a70ragtop@hotmail.com>
> To: <old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com>; "_Oletrucks"
> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:29 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Clutch questions
>
>
> > I need to replace the clutch on my new (thanks again Skip...head goes
> Monday
> > for testing) 1958 truck engine. I am thinking about buying from an
online
> > parts store, but the information I have to select from, leaves me a bit
> > confused.
> >
> > First off, they do not list clutches for trucks, but do for 1958 Belairs
> and
> > Biscaynes. So, my first question...are they any differences between a
> car's
> > clutch and a truck's clutch in 1958?
> >
> > Here are the types of choices I have: (I am listing the information the
> way
> > it is listed, which is part of the problem...I don't know what it
means -
> > there are 7 choices of clutches...some obviously are different diameter
> discs,
> > some different cover sizes, some are different friction plate material.
> I'll
> > list a couple and then ask my question:
> >
> > 1. 235 engine (w/10" cover)(10-3/8:1-1/8:10T)(FLAT Flywheel) (ok,
first
> off,
> > what is a "cover"...is this the pressure plate? If so, what is the
> > information in the second set of parentheses referring to? Is this the
> > diameter and width/depth of the flywheel? If so, what does the 10T
refer
> to?
> >
> > 2. 235 engine (w/10-1/2" cover and 9-1/2" disc)(9-1/2:1-1/8:10T)(FLAT
> > Flywheel). Ok, still don't know what the "cover" means. Has anyone
ever
> > heard of the pressure plate being called the "cover"? Clearly, this has
a
> > smaller diameter disc (I assume disc means same as friction plate?), but
> then
> > again am lost with the info in the second parentheses.
> >
> > The other 5 choices are variations of these two...some have a different
> type
> > of diaphragm, some have different disc material, but regardless of that,
> if
> > anyone can tell me how to just interpret these two items above, I think
I
> will
> > be home free.
> >
> > I have called the company and they have no clue...they said the vendor
> they
> > buy from will only give them this much information and have said that
> anyone
> > who SHOULD be buying these clutches will understand the information...if
> not,
> > then they have no business doing the work anyway. Well...I kinda resent
> that,
> > but will overlook it if I can find someone to help this clueless
Southern
> boy
> > figgger this out...
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > My Zen Moment for the Day: If you lend someone $20, and never see that
> person
> > again, it was probably worth it.
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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