r60celo5
New member
Good evening gents.
The patient is a 73 R60/5 LWB with aprox 38K miles on it. I got it a year ago as "parts or restore" in one piece and after some work i got it running. Clutch adjustment was a pain but finally got to to work OK. Also installed the "Ez -Clutch" and i am happy with it. I rode it during the summer maybe 200 miles or so, local routes, no highway and no high speeds.
Yesterday i pulled out the clutch assembly preparing to replace the rear seal, oil pump cover and oring. Here is the condition of the parts.
Compression ring - shows groves on the mating surface with the clutch disk and has formed lips on the outer edges.
Clutch disk - 4.7 mm at the edge, service limit is 4.5mm and new should be 5.75mm - will be replaced.
Pressure plate - shows groves on the mating surface with the clutch disk and has formed lips on the outer edges. At the engine side there are small indents from the diaphragm spring fingers.
Diaphragm spring - average height is about 17.7mm, fingers are within 0.3mm of each other, warping at outside perimeter is is less the 0.8mm. There is some wear on the spring fingers.
The grove and lips on the pressure plate and compression ring do no look so bad. I have driven cars with brake rotors in worst shape, if the two are comparable.
What do you guys think of the condition of these parts.
I would not be happy to waste parts and money replacing what might have some life left. However i would hate to take it apart again next winter or any of the following next winters.
i am shopping online for OME parts. Are any aftermarket parts that offer any advantage over the 1970s technology and materials?
Thank you.
The patient is a 73 R60/5 LWB with aprox 38K miles on it. I got it a year ago as "parts or restore" in one piece and after some work i got it running. Clutch adjustment was a pain but finally got to to work OK. Also installed the "Ez -Clutch" and i am happy with it. I rode it during the summer maybe 200 miles or so, local routes, no highway and no high speeds.
Yesterday i pulled out the clutch assembly preparing to replace the rear seal, oil pump cover and oring. Here is the condition of the parts.
Compression ring - shows groves on the mating surface with the clutch disk and has formed lips on the outer edges.
Clutch disk - 4.7 mm at the edge, service limit is 4.5mm and new should be 5.75mm - will be replaced.
Pressure plate - shows groves on the mating surface with the clutch disk and has formed lips on the outer edges. At the engine side there are small indents from the diaphragm spring fingers.
Diaphragm spring - average height is about 17.7mm, fingers are within 0.3mm of each other, warping at outside perimeter is is less the 0.8mm. There is some wear on the spring fingers.
The grove and lips on the pressure plate and compression ring do no look so bad. I have driven cars with brake rotors in worst shape, if the two are comparable.
What do you guys think of the condition of these parts.
I would not be happy to waste parts and money replacing what might have some life left. However i would hate to take it apart again next winter or any of the following next winters.
i am shopping online for OME parts. Are any aftermarket parts that offer any advantage over the 1970s technology and materials?
Thank you.