Over sized thrust washers????????
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Over sized thrust washers????????
Does anyone know if anybody makes thrust washers oversized? Got only 6 damn passed on low boost and my thrust washer is screwed, probably took 5-10 thousands off the damn crank! Does anyone make em? Was thinking is someone did, it might get me through the season. thanks guys
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yes i do, but it can only be because lack of oil right, and I have great oil pressure, or to much clutch engagement? Everything is brand new!
I made another thread before this one the other day but did not get much response, but on my last two oil changes nothing came out of the filter when i took off the filter! Oil should always come out everytime you take it off right? I never seen it before. Im just seeing what my options are.
I made another thread before this one the other day but did not get much response, but on my last two oil changes nothing came out of the filter when i took off the filter! Oil should always come out everytime you take it off right? I never seen it before. Im just seeing what my options are.
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What do the actual thrust washers look like ? You should be able to tell if it was oil starvation.
We have ruined a few thrust washers by over engaging the clutch, pedal stop fixed that . .
We have ruined a few thrust washers by over engaging the clutch, pedal stop fixed that . .
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yea deff not a lack of oil, I bet its the damn clutch engagement! Did not put my petal stop in! I guess you live and you learn!
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I do not crank my car with the pedal depressed so as to not do harm to the thrust bearing surfaces. I do have a pedal stop, also. I don't have a monster clutch in my car, but, I am just afraid of doing damage to the bearings.
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im running the hd CC twin disc. Now i need to find a crank!
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^^^ yes this is possible. i have seen it done.
The clutch does not make the thrust washers wear. Starting the car with the clutch pressed in allows you to put pressure on the thrust washers as you crank it with no oil pressure. That is what puts premature wear on them. Always start your car without the clutch pressed in!
It is also a common misconception that a high clamp pressure plate puts extra force on the crank. The clamp has nothing to do with how much force is put on the crank. When the pressure plate is clamped, it is not pushing on the crank at all. The only time the crank is being pushed on is when the pedal is pressed in. The pedal effort can sometimes be sometimes be less than 100lbs more than stock, even though the clamping force can be several hundred pounds higher than stock.
The clutch does not make the thrust washers wear. Starting the car with the clutch pressed in allows you to put pressure on the thrust washers as you crank it with no oil pressure. That is what puts premature wear on them. Always start your car without the clutch pressed in!
It is also a common misconception that a high clamp pressure plate puts extra force on the crank. The clamp has nothing to do with how much force is put on the crank. When the pressure plate is clamped, it is not pushing on the crank at all. The only time the crank is being pushed on is when the pedal is pressed in. The pedal effort can sometimes be sometimes be less than 100lbs more than stock, even though the clamping force can be several hundred pounds higher than stock.
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^^^ yes this is possible. i have seen it done.
The clutch does not make the thrust washers wear. Starting the car with the clutch pressed in allows you to put pressure on the thrust washers as you crank it with no oil pressure. That is what puts premature wear on them. Always start your car without the clutch pressed in!
It is also a common misconception that a high clamp pressure plate puts extra force on the crank. The clamp has nothing to do with how much force is put on the crank. When the pressure plate is clamped, it is not pushing on the crank at all. The only time the crank is being pushed on is when the pedal is pressed in. The pedal effort can sometimes be sometimes be less than 100lbs more than stock, even though the clamping force can be several hundred pounds higher than stock.
The clutch does not make the thrust washers wear. Starting the car with the clutch pressed in allows you to put pressure on the thrust washers as you crank it with no oil pressure. That is what puts premature wear on them. Always start your car without the clutch pressed in!
It is also a common misconception that a high clamp pressure plate puts extra force on the crank. The clamp has nothing to do with how much force is put on the crank. When the pressure plate is clamped, it is not pushing on the crank at all. The only time the crank is being pushed on is when the pedal is pressed in. The pedal effort can sometimes be sometimes be less than 100lbs more than stock, even though the clamping force can be several hundred pounds higher than stock.
I tried to explain this in another thread, and no one understood that, lol.
what i meant is it possible that, that is what he did. I've seen it happen, but stopped the person from continuing
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^^^ yes this is possible. i have seen it done.
The clutch does not make the thrust washers wear. Starting the car with the clutch pressed in allows you to put pressure on the thrust washers as you crank it with no oil pressure. That is what puts premature wear on them. Always start your car without the clutch pressed in!
It is also a common misconception that a high clamp pressure plate puts extra force on the crank. The clamp has nothing to do with how much force is put on the crank. When the pressure plate is clamped, it is not pushing on the crank at all. The only time the crank is being pushed on is when the pedal is pressed in. The pedal effort can sometimes be sometimes be less than 100lbs more than stock, even though the clamping force can be several hundred pounds higher than stock.
The clutch does not make the thrust washers wear. Starting the car with the clutch pressed in allows you to put pressure on the thrust washers as you crank it with no oil pressure. That is what puts premature wear on them. Always start your car without the clutch pressed in!
It is also a common misconception that a high clamp pressure plate puts extra force on the crank. The clamp has nothing to do with how much force is put on the crank. When the pressure plate is clamped, it is not pushing on the crank at all. The only time the crank is being pushed on is when the pedal is pressed in. The pedal effort can sometimes be sometimes be less than 100lbs more than stock, even though the clamping force can be several hundred pounds higher than stock.
So what you are saying is that over engaging the clutch has no direct effect on the thrust washers?
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I guess you mean disengaging the clutch? If you push the clutch past the point of disengagment, it would probably raise the pedal effort a bit, but I am not sure how much. Tommorow, I will put one on the test bench and give you some exact numbers. My point was really to stress the fact that the most common cause of thrust washer wear is from pushing on them without having oil pressure. I also wanted to point out the fact that just because you have a high clamp pressure plate, it doesn't mean that the pedal effort(which is the only thing that effects the thrust washer) is high. It could be, but not always.
