My DT clutch has lasted for a surprising amount of miles - I can't work it out exactly, but it's got to be over 30k miles at 300+lb.ft... It was slipping towards the end, but it's not overly surprising... The friction is absolutely fine, it's just the clamping force on it just isn't enough to hold it, more clamp and it'd grip fine...
IMHO just a slightly uprated pressure plate would make them hold on HDis - people should try the S16 clutch when they do it, it's a bit heavier than a standard DT clutch.
IMHO return it for an unsprung - the springs ALWAYS break since the torque is so high at such a low RPM - at 2900rpm which is probably where peak torque is, it's like smacking the clutch springs 100 times a second with 125kg on the end of a 1ft bar...
You can understand why they break...
IMHO just a slightly uprated pressure plate would make them hold on HDis - people should try the S16 clutch when they do it, it's a bit heavier than a standard DT clutch.
(07-08-2012, 10:37 AM)sean-306 Wrote:(07-08-2012, 10:33 AM)Midnightclub Wrote: Is it a sprung or unsprung clutch sean?
Sprung
IMHO return it for an unsprung - the springs ALWAYS break since the torque is so high at such a low RPM - at 2900rpm which is probably where peak torque is, it's like smacking the clutch springs 100 times a second with 125kg on the end of a 1ft bar...
You can understand why they break...
