Re: [ihc] 13" clutches ...I think it is possible

[Rocky Lear <rockylear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like this idea. I would actually prefer to have a diaphragm type but
finding one in a 13" size that would work in the application may be hard to
do. I certainly don't want to get it all together and find out there is a
release problem that can't be adjusted out. Going with lighter springs in
the original type PP may be best. But where do I get something like that
done?

Rocky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@domain.elided>
To: "Rocky Lear" <rockylear@domain.elided>; "Kurt Musgrave"
<rvar@domain.elided>
Cc: "IH Digest (E-mail)" <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ihc] 13" clutches ...I think it is possible


> ---A pressure plate can be rebuilt with a wide selection of spring
tension.
> A couple of years ago, a Rockford style pressure plate, the same basic
plate
> that is behind my T19 was rebuilt for a bud's jeep CJ5. I forget which
color
> springs were on it (I'll say orange) and which color replaced them (I'll
say
> white), but out of the six orange springs, three were replaced, every
other
> one, with white springs with less tension. It made pushing in the clutch
> pedal a lot easier for him. A return spring with less tension has also
been
> said to relive the "stiff-leg" on some operators with just the 11" clutch.
>
> ---I am happy with my 12" clutch, but I don't see why a 13" would hurt for
> heavy hauling. Maybe if you went to a 13" diaphragm-type clutch you would
> want a larger friction surface, but the Rockford style is pretty tough to
> begin with. An old farmer used to tell me that "the clutches on them there
> Scouts are either in or out, they rarely slip under load".
>
> ---Thank you,
> -T.R.E.Jr.
> -`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
> -`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
> -`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
> -`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kurt Musgrave" <rvar@domain.elided>
> To: "IH Digest (E-mail)" <ihc@domain.elided>
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [ihc] 13" clutches ...I think it is possible
>
>
> > One thing you might consider is the clutch linkage, not because it won't
> > work but what it was designed for.  Consider that trucks such as a
> Loadstar
> > that would have originally came with a 13" clutch had linkage designed
for
> > that.  Might be real tough to push and may strain the original linkage.
> > Anyone else tried a 13", does it work all right?
> >
> > Kurt