I was told the early asian crt-012 slave works better with the stock master, and it is working for me.
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Don’t know, some here on Mud have talked about fixes, mixing different masters with different slaves ???, which should give easy pedal very stiff pedal ???So what's the fix for the lack of throw out of the OEM slave cylinder; or atleast thats what i gathered from what you said.
assuming that was the problem
Which year 6.0 are you running? I’ve learned (hopefully correct info) that the 99-2000 6.0s had the long snout crank which can use a same vintage 5.7 firebird clutch setup with sbc/bbc dimensions.Hey, im sure there are threads about this.
I bought a LUK clutch but the center section of the clutch has failed. it has 25 miles on the odometer and has already failed...
are there a more heavy duty clutchs, i have a H42 4 speed behind a ~500hp 6.0 ls
I post that two comments above about alignment. Yep. At least ya figures it out. I’ve messed with these V8 conversion clutch issues for years. Adjust the pedal play at the master to almost zero tolerance. Make sure your clutch pedal isn’t hitting the floor too early and not alowing full travel of master. Make sure your clutch pedal has a return spring top of pedal and adjust the clutch slave until it is just about to have the throw out bearing touch the fingers. But no touching don’t want that bearing spinning or dragging the clutch. And never leave your foot resting on the clutch pedal while you’re driving. Keep your foot on the floor.So tonight I was going over my work, and I put two and two together.
Looking at info posted in the forum I believe it was an alignment issue due to the nature of the failure.
I was browsing pics before I unbolted the tranny and there was what looks like a gap between the engine and bell housing.
I have also gathered that I should probably upgrade to -> asian crt-012 for more throw to compensate for a chevy clutch; and I'm most likely going to order Centerforce clutch with part numbers provided in this forum.
Yeah thanks for this write up, so that obviously I don't want the bearing touching the fingers is there an arbitrary number I should aim for ex .010?I post that two comments above about alignment. Yep. At least ya figures it out. I’ve messed with these V8 conversion clutch issues for years. Adjust the pedal play at the master to almost zero tolerance. Make sure your clutch pedal isn’t hitting the floor too early and not alowing full travel of master. Make sure your clutch pedal has a return spring top of pedal and adjust the clutch slave until it is just about to have the throw out bearing touch the fingers. But no touching don’t want that bearing spinning or dragging the clutch. And never leave your foot resting on the clutch pedal while you’re driving. Keep your foot on the floor.
It’s usually always alignment when it prematurely damages the clutch disc hub check your pilot bearing. It’s probably wallowed out and will be sloppy and not able to support the tip of the input shaft properly.
The pilot bearing question will get lots of opinions; none necessarily wrong. I run a bearing in my cruisers with stock drivetrain. Any chevota setup I’ve had I’ve run the bronze bushing and I run a bushing in my BBC Chevelle with Muncie trans. If you’re running a newer trans that needs concentric alignment then use what that trans manufacturer recommends, but if it’s the Toyota 3 or 4 speed or and SM420/465 or something, the input shaft is a lot more forgiving of imperfect alignment and it’s personal preference, I feel.Then whats the consensus on pilot bearing, the one I'm running is making a whole lotta noises; was running a B15-115 bearing.
But that seems really tight around the shaft, so tight I can't slide it on.
This is the last thing I need to figure out before I can order everything.