Clutch selection for a 1970 BB

Dave,

CenterForce is a good clutch, there are other c> Was wondering if any C3 owners have used a CenterForce Dual Friction

Thanks much. Ill read the site you gave me.

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:04:20 -0500, snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (dave) puked:

I put a Dual Friction behind my 327 and have no complaints. It's a pretty firm grab, but I like it. A lot...

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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:22:12 -0500, RicSeyler puked:

Very true. It was like night and day.

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Ric,

Hate to sound ignorant, but is this what is referred to as a "dual-mass" clutch on my car?

AJM '93 Ruby coupe, 6 sp

Don't think so, dual mass is refering to a flywheel, clutch setup, not just the clutch. Some General Motors and Ford Pickup Trucks with Diesel engines are equipped with a dual mass flywheel. By design, the dual mass flywheels acts as a shock dampener during the overstressing power stroke. They also stuck some in Corvettes, you have to replace the flywheel and the clutch as both wear about the same, $700 to $1,000 replacement cost for parts.

=================== Fairly Big ????? With a pair of old catchers knees...and Senior Citizen status... a lighter pedal effort is a Major Consideration for me... Adjusted the clutches on 4 of my Corvettes this summer just to save a little pedal effort ...and the knees... royal pain in the ass (well knees anyway) when you get older...... Honestly if I succeded is questionable but at least I tried...lol

Bob G.

I concur Bob!! Even the clutch in my '94 seem waay to stiff for me now.. Pulling up to every stoplight I am throwing it into neutral before even getting stopped. I don't remember it being that stiff 11 years ago. :-)

But maybe age has caused the slave/master cyl and the T-Out bear>>

Old, as opposed to just being a pure "fart"?

But maybe age has caused the slave/master cyl and the T-Out bear The design on the centerforce (weights, inertia on the weights helps with clamping force, not just relying on stronger springs) lends itself to a lighter pedal effort, to me is a fairly big consideration.

=================== Fairly Big ????? With a pair of old catchers knees...and Senior Citizen status... a lighter pedal effort is a Major Consideration for me... Adjusted the clutches on 4 of my Corvettes this summer just to save a little pedal effort ...and the knees... royal pain in the ass (well knees anyway) when you get older...... Honestly if I succeded is questionable but at least I tried...lol

Bob G.

Hmm. When I first got the car almost 2 years ago, I had it in to a Chevy dealer to diagnose an occasional drivetrain noise. They put it on a lift, starting running it, and got it stuck in 3d gear. They called me with this information and started talking about a new transmission. I freaked and had a talk with the service manager, told him the damn transmission wasn't broke when I took it in. In the end, they fixed what they broke on their dime, but I had the clutch replaced, since the trans was already out and they ate the labor on that. But the repair list said they "resurfaced" the flywheel. I later learned here that dual-mass flywheels aren't supposed to be resurfaced. Still, I've had no further issues with the clutch/trans, other than replacing the clutch master cylinder last summer.

The noise I was originally complaining about still exists, and it's on the list for next year. It won't go back to that dealer, though. A local Corvette club pointed me to a much better shop. At any rate, this year's 'Vette budget is about shot.

AJM '93 Ruby coupe, 6 sp

Just a thought, maybe the original noise came from the flywheel being replaced with a non-dual mass flywheel. Common change but if not then at least the flywheel couldn't have been worn very much. Then again did you see the "resurfaced" fly wheel? I don't trust my cars to many people and when I do they better have the old parts or show me the new ones as they put them in or the cost is theirs. Even on the one bad experience I had when I went dead on the freeway they gave me back a freshly cleaned Corvette, like they were delivering it new, and all of the parts they changed.

Me thinks, we've the answer to the "paddle-shifter/Tiptronic" question. PJ

I don't each chicken - - - :-(

Now that's what you call a brain fart, how the hell did I get each instead of eat?