fastrthnu Posted April 10, 2007 Report Posted April 10, 2007 Im replacing my plates and noticed some small grooves in the basket fingers. Should I replace it? they werent to deep, but you could run your finger over them and feel them for sure. Quote
trex banshee Posted April 10, 2007 Report Posted April 10, 2007 Im replacing my plates and noticed some small grooves in the basket fingers. Should I replace it? they werent to deep, but you could run your finger over them and feel them for sure. alot depends on the kinda power your putting out. But if they arent too bad you can either leave them they way they are or run a file over them and smooth them out. Maybe start looking into a replacement in the future though. Jeff at FAST sells billet baskets. Quote
David Keith Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 You can use them over. It sounds normal. Each time you let on & off the throttle, those disk tabs bump back & forth because of the play that's built into the clutch basket. This rotatinal clearance is needed. Do not file them. If you file them, who is to say that you will remove equal amounts of material from each finger? Then there will be un-even contact when the disk tabs bump against each basket finger. Quote
Screaming Yellow Zonker Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 if you have a big concern than I would change it just to be safe. My basket looked like that and I did not change it and it exploded on me 5 miles from camp. just my opinion. Quote
fastrthnu Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Posted April 11, 2007 I hate to take it apart later again but I dont want to wait and I dont have it in budget to get one now and plates. But if itll be ok,. Ill use the old one for a few more weekends. Any other input? Quote
Bansh-eman Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 any chance you can snap a pict of it so we can see how much its actually grooved? chances are you can smooth the edges out some and it will be fine... id have to disagree with keith on the filing... there are multipul contact surfaces for the multipul plates to touch so the few thousanths differance ( refferance is pulled out of my ass it could obviously be more) on each "finger" shouldnt really effect it... Quote
blowit Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 any chance you can snap a pict of it so we can see how much its actually grooved? chances are you can smooth the edges out some and it will be fine... id have to disagree with keith on the filing... there are multipul contact surfaces for the multipul plates to touch so the few thousanths differance ( refferance is pulled out of my ass it could obviously be more) on each "finger" shouldnt really effect it... Um, I can't tell you how many motors we have opened up from "fragged" clutch plates after people files on the baskets. DO NOT do it. The reason is pretty simple, the plates were designed to be loaded across all fingers equally, as you file and do not remove material equally, you will allow the clutch plate to load one finger more than the rest and it can cause the plates to shatter. Most will say it is fine and that is because it has not happened to them "yet". The thing to do is leave it until you can afford to replace it. Grinding may cause more harm than good. Even if you remove material evenly, this opens up the clearance of the basket and will allow the plates to chatter and wear even faster. Grab a good used one or grab a billet unit. Brandon Quote
Bansh-eman Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 Um, I can't tell you how many motors we have opened up from "fragged" clutch plates after people files on the baskets. DO NOT do it. The reason is pretty simple, the plates were designed to be loaded across all fingers equally, as you file and do not remove material equally, you will allow the clutch plate to load one finger more than the rest and it can cause the plates to shatter. Most will say it is fine and that is because it has not happened to them "yet". The thing to do is leave it until you can afford to replace it. Grinding may cause more harm than good. Even if you remove material evenly, this opens up the clearance of the basket and will allow the plates to chatter and wear even faster. Grab a good used one or grab a billet unit. Brandon I haven Quote
dajogejr Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 Before I built my cub, I took my stock clutch basket and hit the grooves with a medium roloc scotch brite pad on my angle grinder, just smoothed it out.... Ran it that way for a full season my stock bore, stock port motor with pipes, jetting and a shaved flywheel. It didn't creep as bad on the line, and seemed to engage much smoother. For 150 bucks or so...when you have the cash, get a billet basket. You don't need the hinson setup. The basket I bought from Jeff (an off brand, Magnum) still looked brand new when I pulled my 4 mil cub apart from a solid season of beating the ever living shit out of it...no grooves, notches, etc... Hinson makes nice stuff, don't get me wrong...but, not worth the price IMO... Quote
majicmike Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 hinson backing plates are junk IMO Quote
theshee Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 Ive got a stock basket I will let go cheap :thumbsup: Quote
Wallrat Posted April 12, 2007 Report Posted April 12, 2007 When I rebuilt my engine my basket was notched to hell. I ended up putting a Barnett basket in there. Far as I know, that's the only basket that really addresses this problem. Its a billet aluminum basket with stainless inserts on the ears. So far its held up great! Quote
fastrthnu Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Posted April 12, 2007 this is it cant really tell but to dark out to get a good closup..... Quote
jmd0346 Posted April 12, 2007 Report Posted April 12, 2007 Mines been that way for 6 years atleast. Ive rebuilt the engine several times and been through several clutches and havent had any problems. Quote
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