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Old 02-17-2021, 02:13 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by mvweebles View Post
A couple weeks ago there was a thread that included pressure plate failures in transmissions. Frankly, it never occurred to me. Before I venture too far, I will replace mine with a newer non-spring model.

I was just wondering about real world failures vs belt and suspenders approach to preventing failures. I totally understand the impact of a mid ocean failure. But what is the probability? Meteorite insurance?

Peter


In 25 years I’ve had one spring plate failure and two non-spring failures, both by Torflex where a bad batch of rubber delaminated from the attaching plate. Not sure any of them have a superior design or not.
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