vnx205
25th July 2019, 04:16 PM
I was doing some other work on the Defender and decided that since the clutch was exposed, I should replace it as it had done 315,000 km.
What I found was not quite what I would have expected. For a start, the difference in the thickness of the lining on the old clutch and a new heavy duty clutch was barely visible to the naked eye. I have always considered that I am fairly gentle on clutches, but I expected more wear than that.
The other surprise was that there are four springs arranged around the plate and three of them had a smaller spring inside, but one of them didn't. There are no spring fragments inside the bell housing. Could it have been built that way?
What I found was not quite what I would have expected. For a start, the difference in the thickness of the lining on the old clutch and a new heavy duty clutch was barely visible to the naked eye. I have always considered that I am fairly gentle on clutches, but I expected more wear than that.
The other surprise was that there are four springs arranged around the plate and three of them had a smaller spring inside, but one of them didn't. There are no spring fragments inside the bell housing. Could it have been built that way?