Got this off ebay and sent it to fort wayne clutch and had it rebuilt. Anyone here ever used one? Here is a pic of mine. They told me at fort wayne that they were also used in John Deere tractors and they rebuilt a few of them.
If it came off of a tractor, I'd be concerned about turning it many RPMs. Those things generally don't rev much.
I've got one in the pile. Got it from a not-so-light-weight racer from back in the day when he sold me his collection. Someday I'll give it a try.
Myke: I don't have one but you are right. They were used for two reasons: weight and larger diameter than the Ford 9". It's 10"+/- correct? I can't help you with set-up but, I do have a question. Is that a stock flywheel drilled to reduced the weight? If so, that seems like a lot of material removed vs. cutting it down to reduce the overall thickness vs. taking material like it is shown. Just curious on why it was done that way.
It is actually a 9". Auburn made all 3 sizes 9, 10 , & 11. A friend of mine has one of each. His 10" is NOS but he wouldn't sell it to me. He is going to get them all framed and donate them to speedy bill. Don't ask me why, I have no idea. The holes in the flywheel are not as deep as you may think. I have another flywheel that was done the same way that I ran all last year. It's the best place to take the weight off. Think about leverage, it takes less power to turn with the weight off the outer edge. Not as light as an aluminum but $150.00 total for surfacing, drilling, and balancing is a pretty good deal compared to buying and aluminium with a steel insert and having it balanced.
Myke: No kinding. I was more curious and that makes sense. I lucked out with the Weber set-up I found. Not sure if you saw my previous post, but I've started on my motor build. I'll keep you posted. Tim
It is the 32 and all is well. I just learned that there are low quality throwout bearings the hard way. Gave me an excuse to put in this clutch though.
Ran an 11 inch Auburn in my Olds powerd '48 Ford for several years no problems. It was tough on my left leg in heavy traffic. Bought it at Honest Charlie's. Eddie
I've got a N.O.S. Auburn 9 inch pressure plate that I picked up for '38-'53 Chevy passenger car flywheels. The old Chevy/GMC speed manuals list them as being a heavy duty replacement when upping the horsepower.
heres one i got for free, its a 10" and was off an old flathead powered 32. are they valuable or saut after? I dont know a thing about em either! JEFF
Don't know much...they are dirt simple, looking like a schematic sketch of a pressure plate, and fairly light. There isn't any centrifugal, so heavier when slow, lighter when fast. Since there are multiple applications, you need one with fingers spaced right for the big early Ford bearing. There is a rare one with aluminum pressure plate...weighs nothing at all, if you don't bolt it to flywheel it'll just drift away. I think most recent use is in AMC of the Gremlin era!
Eddie, I didn't really think it was much lighter than the stock 10" set up I took out. Maybe they were only heavy duty?? Jared, I did use a ford disc with it. I think there is an auburn disc too. Jeff, that is in nice shape and would bring good money on ebay. It is balanced too, you can see a couple of the dimples are drilled out. What does your disc look like?
Im gonna keep it for something someday, was just wondering, In what aspect do you ask whats it look like in? heres a pic. the psi plate is almost brand new, doesnt have many miles on it, same with the disc, it is in runnable condition.
Jeff, can you measure the thickness of your disk for me? Thats not a stock style ford disk is it? When I sent mine to fort wayne clutch they told me they really like them. Very simple and work great.
i dont think its a ford disc, but theres no writing on it. the springs are enclosed. it measures about .314 ish, dunno what it started out as but thats what its at now! the car was drivin with this clutch set up........in 1964! JEFF
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1936...d=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65:13|39:1|240:1318 this looked like a good deal!
This is one I've had for years . Never got around to using it and don't think I ever will . It's a 10"...............Z.D.
Yea wow. Nice shape too. I paid 100.00 for mine. He should have added 32 ford and Auburn in his discription.
Hello! Yes i know old tread but i am interested how its going. I have a auburn 10inch clutch just like the first picture. Can someone say what disk is best to use to them ? I also should have it on a wild flathead. Thanks.
Had a 10 in in my b gas car back in 1956 it was behind 265 chevy redrild the chevy flywheel to fit neaver blew one up slicks
I've got one in my 32 roadster, pulled it out when I redid the flathead a couple of years ago it looked good so I put it back in and has given me 20 years of good service. its on a aluminum shieffer flywheel.all the old guys talked about them.I works good for me.
Ok thats great.I have feeling its go in spin when i drive with it before but i try with a new disk and hope to the best .Thanks.
Yes it is great to drive with the old nice parts. I have also a early shiefer flywheel. Good to hear it works so good. But what is the best disk to this combo ? Thanks.
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