I decided to create a new topic with the proper title about the Chinese performance 2 shoe clutch.
As you all know the 3 shoe clutch has the most ridiculous and rather annoying problem: it often snaps springs and does so rather quickly.
One solution is to use a 2 shoe clutch or buy top of the line clutches that cost more than the engine itself.
The 2 problems with the Chinese performance 2 shoe clutches is 1. that they engage at a rather very high RPM and 2. they engage loosely due to the very high spring pull, so the clutch ends up rubbing against the clutch bell.
For those of us who want to engage at the same RPM as the 3 shoe clutch which will most likely solve both problems 1 and 2 as well and create a more solid engagement, I was thinking maybe we can replace the strong springs currently on the knock-off performance clutches with some looser weaker springs. Unfortunately in the knock-off world, spring colors does not always make any difference and all springs end up being pretty much the same and too strong, but correct me if I am wrong as I have not tested this myself (weaker Blue vs stronger Red knock-off springs. I currently have Red.). So I'm thinking of outsourcing some springs of our own from either Ebay or a local hardware store. Hopefully such springs are cheaply available.
One can also buy a good looking long spring and possibly snip it in half or something to make it the correct length.
If done correctly, I imagine the clutch snapping problem would be completely gone!
What is your take on this?
This is more of a request than a solution just yet because figuring out which springs will work will take a couple of tries using different springs to find the perfect fit unless an enthusiast guesses correctly the first time.
After all, I really hope there is a cheap solution to the 3 shoe clutch spring snapping problem that will be gone once and for all for the most part.
If something works out to be good sometime later I hope to rename the title to something like Cheap 3 Shoe Clutch snapping springs solution using a Chinese Performance 2 shoe clutch.
These can be had for just $20 shipped, plus the spring mod to put looser springs.
As you all know the 3 shoe clutch has the most ridiculous and rather annoying problem: it often snaps springs and does so rather quickly.
One solution is to use a 2 shoe clutch or buy top of the line clutches that cost more than the engine itself.
The 2 problems with the Chinese performance 2 shoe clutches is 1. that they engage at a rather very high RPM and 2. they engage loosely due to the very high spring pull, so the clutch ends up rubbing against the clutch bell.
For those of us who want to engage at the same RPM as the 3 shoe clutch which will most likely solve both problems 1 and 2 as well and create a more solid engagement, I was thinking maybe we can replace the strong springs currently on the knock-off performance clutches with some looser weaker springs. Unfortunately in the knock-off world, spring colors does not always make any difference and all springs end up being pretty much the same and too strong, but correct me if I am wrong as I have not tested this myself (weaker Blue vs stronger Red knock-off springs. I currently have Red.). So I'm thinking of outsourcing some springs of our own from either Ebay or a local hardware store. Hopefully such springs are cheaply available.
One can also buy a good looking long spring and possibly snip it in half or something to make it the correct length.
If done correctly, I imagine the clutch snapping problem would be completely gone!
What is your take on this?
This is more of a request than a solution just yet because figuring out which springs will work will take a couple of tries using different springs to find the perfect fit unless an enthusiast guesses correctly the first time.
After all, I really hope there is a cheap solution to the 3 shoe clutch spring snapping problem that will be gone once and for all for the most part.
If something works out to be good sometime later I hope to rename the title to something like Cheap 3 Shoe Clutch snapping springs solution using a Chinese Performance 2 shoe clutch.
These can be had for just $20 shipped, plus the spring mod to put looser springs.
