Which clutch?

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Al Housman
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Which clutch?

Post by Al Housman »

I've sadly just cooked my JX engine which means a) Iwon't drop by to say 'Hi' this weekend and b) I need to bring forward my AAZ conversion.

I'm going for a new clutch.
Given that I carry/pull quite heavy loads of firewood (often uphill) would I be better off with the 228mm clutch or will the 215 mm be OK?

Also I'll give driveshafts/cv joints etc a good grease while it's in bits.Any other jobs worth doing whilst the engine/gearbox are out?

If anybody fancies a cuppa on the way home after the weekend I'm about 8miles east of Llanfyllin- come and shake your head pityingly at my plight!! especially if you know a bit about the AAZ conversion.
Cheers.Al

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Re: Which clutch?

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Surely what diameter of flywheel you have will deternine the clutch diameter... but normally bigger is better... Sure Bricky Harrymann etc etc will be along shortly to advise....

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theres stuff on the wiki look at diesel upgraded clutch the vr6 ccombination seems to be the one to go for
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Re: Which clutch?

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228mm will last much longer than pathetic jx clutch

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Re: Which clutch?

Post by HarryMann »

:D

But a good JX clutch seems to work for me (and I had 30 * 100 lb paving slabs on last week, so many the tyres looked flat at 36 psi!)

That's a 67% overload (0.8 ton I think is rated load), forgetting all the other crap on board

So she pulled up a steep hill at 3250 Kg, no problem, no indication of slip at all (had her jumping up and own in G gear all-locks at Shipston, front of a 5 vehicle tow-chain, no slip, just bounced up and down)

Ok, maybe I'm lucky with a 215mm clutch, but she's got more grunt than yours :)

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