- 1. clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric Swanger" <ericsmgs@prodigy.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:23:39 -0000
- For those of you interested, Joint and Clutch in Charlotte, NC also rebuilds/relines clutch discs, brake shoes, driveshafts, etc. I've had everything from a Massey Ferguson clutch to brake shoes on a
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00020.html (9,385 bytes)
- 2. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: JWoesvra@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 07:33:24 EDT
- << Joint and Clutch in Charlotte, NC >> I use Joint and Clutch in Columbia, SC. They built new half-shafts for my GT6 when I converted to Datsun outer hubs. Triumph flange on inboard end, Datsun flan
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00021.html (8,271 bytes)
- 3. RE: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Sadek Charles H DLVA <SadekCH@nswc.navy.mil>
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:21:33 -0400
- What makes you think 'we' would need a clutch that works well in OILY conditions? My Corvair Yenko Stinger apparently was designed with proper (external) oil flow..... More seriously, what is Grey R
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00022.html (9,536 bytes)
- 4. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: JWoesvra@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 09:48:38 EDT
- << Is Grey Rock the same thing. or real asbestos? >> both I think. There may be several versions. Grey Rock is the brand I believe. I will check when I get to the shop. jw
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00023.html (7,728 bytes)
- 5. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: JWoesvra@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:11:35 EDT
- << More seriously, what is Grey Rock? The special metallics of the 60's are the ones for my drum brakes. Is Grey Rock the same thing. or real asbestos? >> Grey Rock is (was?) a division of Raybestos
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00024.html (9,745 bytes)
- 6. RE: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Palmer" <mgvrmark@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:03:41 GMT
- I suspect Jack is right, that there are plenty of clutch & brake places around. I have been using Rochetser Clutch & Brake (Rochester, NY, 716-232-3717) for ten years now, for relining shoes for my
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00025.html (11,114 bytes)
- 7. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Palmer" <mgvrmark@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:13:17 GMT
- Jack, Once again your knowledge is amazing! The stuff I've been using, for years, is called Velvetouch and it is bonded to the shoes, as you say. Have never had a problem with the bonding, and I hav
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00026.html (8,750 bytes)
- 8. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Dent <lwdent@fwi.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 07:28:48 -0500
- Sadly Velvitouch metalic lining has not been mfg for around 15 years I purchased a big box of the blanks for Chevvie as they were clearing out the last of the stock and have used most of it up for ra
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00029.html (8,422 bytes)
- 9. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 23:07:19 -0700
- Gee, I always thought that a small diameter multiplate clutch only became available in the last 15 years or so . To my way of thinking that makes it fit the perfect description of a "non-vintage" mod
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00040.html (10,235 bytes)
- 10. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 09:26:58 -0400
- The Martin/Ford engine that was in my Merlyn had a 7.25 inch clutch in 1966. To be sure, it was described in the invoice (which I also have, believe it or not) as a Porche clutch of some type, but it
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00041.html (11,721 bytes)
- 11. clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Waite <dwaite@reboxx.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 09:47:17 -0400
- In the fwiw department, early Model A Fords (1928) used a mulitplate clutch which was about half the size of a 'standard' diameter one of the time. I have one in one of my sprinters. It works fine an
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00042.html (8,353 bytes)
- 12. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Hammatt" <shammatt@sos.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 07:17:30 -0700
- I agree, my HAL DO engine, soon to go in my 1946(?) Champ car has the same first-six-months-of-production 1928 Model A clutch. Highly prized at the time as a racing clutch for the 'less-than-Miller'
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00043.html (9,037 bytes)
- 13. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Sieling" <Rogsie@telesistech.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:24:31 -0400
- I also have the original B&B 7-1/4 from my Lotus 20/22. It also used an alloy ring to space out the PP from the flywheel, but both the ring and friction face were recessed into the flywheel by .100",
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00044.html (12,572 bytes)
- 14. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:09:10 GMT
- By the gods, it would have to be!!! I though Triumph Vanguard engines had heavy flywheels (37 lbs) Last summer I literally tripped over a Model A flywheel. Cheez! the owner said it weighed 65lbs!!!
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00047.html (9,220 bytes)
- 15. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 12:45:54 -0500
- What???????? Early (1928) Model A Fords had a cone-type clutch . . . are you saying that they also had a multi-disc clutch at some point? Tony_________________@Sherman.Texas
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00048.html (8,764 bytes)
- 16. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: JWoesvra@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:46:52 EDT
- << A final thought for racers; it is really better to go to a Tilton style Gee, I always thought that a small diameter multiplate clutch only became available in the last 15 years or so . To my way o
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00049.html (9,421 bytes)
- 17. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Tom M <tmatycho@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:13:02 -0700
- I, of course, defer to your superior knowledge of such matters, and would like to know exactly how many vintage racers have been parted from their original legs and/or feet by orginal-type clutches.
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00050.html (10,072 bytes)
- 18. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:46:34 -0700
- The Martin-Ford engine was not exactly a "production car engine" or Greg Solow -- Original Message -- From: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca> To: Greg Solow <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>; <JWoesvra@aol.com>
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00052.html (12,948 bytes)
- 19. Fw: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Solow" <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:33:22 -0700
- excess became roller the
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00053.html (11,504 bytes)
- 20. Re: clutch rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 12:18:11 -0400
- Absolutely true, I was commenting more on the time aspect of it. According to Ted Martin, his engines were used quite a bit in sedan racing in England in the '60's, I have no idea with what clutch. I
- /html/vintage-race/2000-10/msg00056.html (13,978 bytes)
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