jerrytr5 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just to add to the list of clutch woes that sometimes afflict us, here's a couple more. Exhibit 1 is the clutch cover out of my daily driver Hurricane. This suddenly only gave me half a clutch one day. It felt just like the cross-shaft pin had broken, except it's a Spitfire 1300 which doesn't have a cross-shaft. If you look closely, you can see that the diaphragm spring has sheared. So having fixed that, I got back to putting the TR back together. When I took the engine out, the clutch was fine so didn't really look too closely. Now when I come to replace it I see that the clutch plate is broken. Shouldn't that have 6 rivets, not 3 anyway? Never seen either of these before, so thought it worth sharing. Jerry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytr5 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Seen them before Jerry and they are Chinese crap.I keep one in my garage and show members what to look out for.They don't last long and I know you must have been lucky with it on the TR5. Thanks for sharing this anyway. Regards Harry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 There were quite a few spectacular failures of those back a few years ago Jerry. I thought they had all been cleared out by now but all I can say is you must be very light on your clutch use as they normally didnt last long. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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