morning all.. was wondering where is the best place to buy clutch plates and what brand is the preferred choice. The Shopping Cart : Lacey Ducati, Parts & Spares for Ducati Bevel Single & Twin Engines
that didn't quite work... Was spose to be a link to their surflex clutch kits which seem pretty well priced. Any one had dealings with?
Been using newfren friction plates for a few years. They last well for £50 a set, the only problem Ive had is they stick to the plains if left for a few months but no damage seperating them.
DUCATI 748/749/916/996/998/999 ST2/3/4 Newfren Clutch Plates | eBay Where i get most of my stuff! Think these are alloy if thats what you need.
Just to follow this up - recently fitted a slipper to mine....the clutch in its original no slipper state was graunchy and grabby before. Ive tried the lithium grease trick which has made the clutch butter smooth but now slips a little which might be the fact that the plates could be knackered. When rich at Louigi swapped the clutch out last week for me he made a point of saying the clutch looks like its never been really looked after from the word go (ive had it 6 months or so) and I'm pretty sure in its life its been tracked a few times....I know its relative but how long is a clutch supposed to last under normal circumstances? eg I use mine as a commuter - its gets opened up now and again but I'm pretty sure itll never see a track while I own it...
If you want to save a bob or two you can use the Suzuki GS 650 friction plates. You will still need the Ducati steel driven plates though. A Google search should bring it up chisel, would do it myself except im late as usual.
Well, I'm guessing a strip and clean every now and again....im probably referring more to the slipper clutch that's gone in there...more moving parts that need to be greased...
Not trying to cheapskate it by any means (if that's what youre getting at) I'm guessing if you go cheap then youre going to be replacing it more often...?
No, they are fine, although designed for a wet clutch set up, they work perfectly well particularly if you are gentle on your clutch. A search will reveal all including others testimonies.
Well, not so much that I'm gentle....my hyper is quite reasonably modified...short of lumpy cams and a blueprint theres not much more than can be done to it so its more a case of whether a "normal" set of plates can hold it....my theory is, is that pre slipper the original stock clutch held but was really graunchy on the pull away and more so when 2 up, when it was stripped to have the slipper put in the outer washer/plate behind the pressure plate was essentially rusted to the middle of the clutch, hence the "looking after your clutch" statement. Rich (Louigi) said if the clutch was stripped and cleaned (the rusty bits cleaned) then it wouldn't have been graunchy at pull away. So, now its all sorted out, the possible short coming "could" be my stock clutch pack that I brought from the original clutch....its done 10k and I can only gather its done all of that on the stock pack and never been apart...anyone got a close up of a stock clutch plate so I can see the thickness as I reckon mine hasn't got much left but then ive got no point of reference...
It's usually the tabs getting knackered that means you need new plates. In a non-quiet clutch, the friction surfaces will usually outlast the tabs by a big margin. Derek on here got 36000 miles out of his friction plates before the material wore out.
