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Originally Posted by Tom, F&L GoR
Jack - look forward to your findings.
I see the release bearing has a spring to keep it in constant contact with the fingers, so when you post, please comment on this relative to the starting point of slave cylinder travel.
Being a sucker, I will guess the lightest pressure plate and clutch disc combination should shift fastest since it has the least inertia. But that means I'll be wrong....
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Tom:
you are right, but, I haven't heard anyone comment before on the difference in weight for different disks, of the three I gave weights on, none were the Luk or stock disk. If someone has a stock disk, post the weight. Its just common sense, a disk with a large moment of inertia is going to keep the input shaft rotating, thus, making the shift harder. It should be no different than the clutch partially releasing.
About your comment on the spring holding the throwout bearing against the fingers, that is obvious, in addition, the follower in the slave should also be in contact with the bearing. Unless I am missing something there is nothing to push the follower off of the bearing. It is easy to prove, when you remove one, merely look at its position, since the hydraulics is now a closed system the follower will remain in the working (at rest) position.
For those that don't know, the throwout bearing is easily removed from the slave. Find the ground off spine on the slave, at the top (under the bearing shell) of that spine is a locking tang. If the spine is at 12:00, squeeze the plastic bearing shell at 9:00 and 3:00 and the bearing will release. The manual says the bearing is not replaceable, but, NAPA lists a replacement.