Anyone running a steel clutch basket?

[TIM LUTZ]

If the base material is too soft, then yes, hard anodizing is pointless. ..BUT, if the base material is the proper hardness then the hard anodizing helps.  Exactly.   

I'll stand by my statement about the steel basket being not only a waste of money, but inferior to a PROPER billet basket in our application.

Years of use by 1000's of banshee owners is all the proof needed.

The guys behind and promoting this steel basket are trying to reinvent a wheel that doesn't need it.

 

I like the idea of being able to run the extra plate in this basket with the proper inner hub.  The type if riding I do will like the extra 15% holding 15% life I get with an extra plate.

So that was a key selling point.

 

Edited June 13, 2014 by TIM LUTZ

[trickedcarbine]

Ya, not as expensive as when I last looked. But there is no way to keep that thing oiled. So the basket might last, but your clutches will glaze faster.

[RollinRhino]

Here is Hinson's website and you'll notice that the Banshee system is aluminum.   It might be just me, but Hinson has a lot of experience in this field and I'll trust what they are saying. 

 

http://hinsonracing.com/product/complete-billetproof-conventional-clutch-kit-yamaha-yfz350-banshee-8-plate-1987-2006/

 

Most all the factory teams in MX and SX use Hinson and swear by them. 

[WINDYCITYJOHN400]

Hinson INVENTED the aftermarket basket.

 

They know a little about it......

[87sheerips]

Buy hinson clutch or a complate running (turd) banshee... That price is crazy but the money is all there... Nice unit. 

[TIM LUTZ]

Just thought I'd thrown this in the pot and give it a stir.  Now standard on all Barnett clutch baskets. "stainless steel inserts which are 50% harder than before for extreme durability and to virtually eliminate grooving of the basket fingers"

 

http://www.barnettclutches.com/off-road-clutch-baskets.html

[sprinklerman]

Also unnecessary.

 

Sent from a van down by the river

[TIM LUTZ]

Here is Hinson's website and you'll notice that the Banshee system is aluminum.   It might be just me, but Hinson has a lot of experience in this field and I'll trust what they are saying. 

 

http://hinsonracing.com/product/complete-billetproof-conventional-clutch-kit-yamaha-yfz350-banshee-8-plate-1987-2006/

 

Most all the factory teams in MX and SX use Hinson and swear by them. 

 

 

Did you know Hinson also makes a steel clutch basket.

Edited June 13, 2014 by TIM LUTZ

[Coupelx]

I run 8 plates in my 7plate Hinson with the stock hub and pressure plate.

[locogato11283]

I run 8 plates in my setup.

[sprinklerman]

Did you know Hinson also makes a steel clutch basket.

Not for the banshee.

As said before, they pioneered the aftermarket basket for the banshee...and THEY use a billet assembly.

 

Sent from a van down by the river

[TIM LUTZ]

I run 8 plates in my 7plate Hinson with the stock hub and pressure plate.

 

You gotta let me in on how you do that??  Thought you have to cut the face of the PP and inner hub.

Edited June 13, 2014 by TIM LUTZ

[locogato11283]

I also run an 8 plate with OEM inner hub and pressure plate.

 

I run Magnum baskets.

[2004LEBanshee]

Just curious what would be the overall difference in motor rotating weight if someone ran a steel basket but switched over to a lightened flywheel. Would that counter the basket weight or not enough?

[2004LEBanshee]

I run magnum basket and mattoon back plate and bushings. Seems to be the best of both put together imo.