Re: [Amc-list] clutch questions

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

If it's not exactly the same it will still fit. The transmissions I know for a fact interchange without changing the clutch -- I've used a T-96 from a 62 or so Classic on a 61-62 American. I think the Classic disc might be a bit larger than the American. 

There were two sizes in 61-63 -- one for the standard trans and a larger diameter for E-stick. At least I thought the E-stick was larger. The 62 TSM says it was a 9.125" disc. I thought the American only used a 9". I do recall that my flywheel was drilled for a larger diameter pressure plate than it had on it. If I had known back then (it's been 20 years since I had a stick American) that the Classic disc was larger I'd surely have used it! No one I knew at the time knew much more than I did about Ramblers. I'm not saying they didn't exist, I just didn't know who to contact on short notice, like when I needed to replace the clutch on my only car. Would have taken to long to write someone at the clubs and get an answer, and the one guy I did think to call didn't know about a larger clutch, though he had seen American flywheels drilled for two different ones -- always assumed it was standard and E-stick. I had an E-stick car and converted to a regular clutch, but don't recall s
 pecifics. I think the E-stick disc was slightly larger in diameter, but anyone's memory of 20 years ago isn't reliable enough to say for sure. 

E-sticks slipped more and didn't have as much holding pressure at low speeds since the hydraulic holding pressure was from engine oil pressure. An E-stick clutch arm worked in reverse of a normal clutch -- the hydraulic servo applied holding pressure rather than released it. The higher the oil pressure, the more pressure on the clutch disc. So when an engine wore to the point of losing oil pressure... 

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Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:20:47 -0700
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

Long ago I collected a T-96/OD (torque tube) for who-knows-what project, 
and I sensibly saved the old flywheel, friction disc, and pressure plate. 
I'm reasonably certain it came from a Classic, 195.6, this should be the 
same clutch in the Americans, right?

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