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RE: Clutch-ing at Straws

To: "'James Carruthers'" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>,
Subject: RE: Clutch-ing at Straws
From: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:46:53 -0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net [mailto:spitfires-
> 
> So why would a clutch go so quickly? Something else must be bad to make
> the thing break...

Hi James,
        A physically broken clutch plate is nearly always caused by a
distorted engine backplate, though in theory a bent input shaft would put
the same kind of strain on components. 
        Cheers,
                Bill. 

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