11" Clutch Special Borg and Beck Pressure Plate?
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:32 pm
Hello, I have a 64 D100 with a a745 3spd mated to a 318 Poly. I had the original clutch on it which is a 11" Borg and Beck, common right? Over the past couple months the clutch has been disengaging unevenly eventually not even fully disengaging. I did research and assumed all Borg and Becks are the same as long as the diameter is the same? I had bought a RAM clutch #404 11", it bolted right up to the flywheel and looks near identical to the original one that I had pulled out. After slipping the transmission in and hooking up the slave cylinder, my pedal depresses maybe a inch then solid binding. After hours of inspecting it seems that with both clutches removed on a bench, the original's fingers sit below the surface of the clutch, while on the RAM clutch, the fingers protrude outwards past the surface. I noticed the actual machined clutch surface was a good bit thicker on the RAM clutch, so when bolted down the clutch was already so close to its maximum disengaging depth it would max out with little pedal movement. I did note that the original clutch did not have holes in the levers like the RAM clutch did.
Does this sound right or are they all the same and I'm just doing something wrong? Do I have to use the original style clutch? I am aware of the forbidden impossible to find 10 spline discs, fortunately I got my hands on a NOS one.
Does this sound right or are they all the same and I'm just doing something wrong? Do I have to use the original style clutch? I am aware of the forbidden impossible to find 10 spline discs, fortunately I got my hands on a NOS one.