Are the supplier's "v8 STYLE pressure plates" really for tractors?
 

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I guess the best thing to do before buying is to ask and be sure. I think the better shops will sell the correct parts or at least be upfront about their products.

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Having owned a Ford 9N tractor, I would have to take umbrage to the "inferior tractor ones" according to the OP. That said, Bert's has the V-8 pressure plates. My flywheel is 28 pounds.

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The tractor clutches don't have the weights on the fingers that V8 clutches have. They increase the clamping force at higher RPM's. I recommend diaphragm clutches, they are much smoother, clamp well and take less pedal pressure to operate them.

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Hey Jim B,
I agree on both points that you've made here.
Centrifugal weights were/are improvement over 'tractor' PP, that's obvious advancement.

I lost my spec info as to which diaphragm PP you used (year/model number).
Can you issue that to me again please.

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Bert's website says "v8 style pressure plates"...do these have flyweights?

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Hardtimes, mine is a #07017D bought from Clutch Masters in Rialto, CA. They machined my flywheel too, I furnished one already cut for a V8 clutch.

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The so called tractor style have pressure plate pivot points secured by cir clips. The V8 with the counterwiegits have the pivot points secured by cotter pins. I had a cir clip come off. Clutch would not release. Towed home. V8 pp are available at Ft Wayne Clutch, google it. The have a "kit" includes TO and pilot bearings and clutch.

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THe ones that Bratton's sells has the counterweights on it.
https://www.brattons.com/v-8-style-pressure-plate.html

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This is the PP that Brattons sells.

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Check with Brattons first. I bought a pplate thinking it had the counterweights because of the picture, and it was the tractor type when I received it. Maybe different now.

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THANKS Jim !

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Problem with the disk shown, IMO /experience, is that springs are not ‘captured’
by the metal tabs. When the springs fatigue / rattle, over time, they can fall out of place and into the works.

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Do original v8 PP have "captured" springs?

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The picture seems to have flanges on the spring openings. Those do not capture the springs?

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Not springs of PP. The disc springs.

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Doesn’t “seem to have” , to my CVS glasses adj eyes !
Point being, there are worse and there are better disc to choose from. Your choice.

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Thanks for the info.

Here it is:
https://fortwayneclutch.com/product/...-sku-kt5102_r/

It says the PP is "reman". The new Bratton PP looks very similar.

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I have a original Ford disc (v8)in my A, it was in the car when I got it 50 years ago, I took the picture when I was trying to get it unstuck, drove over 40 miles jerking it, still wouldn't pop loose, had the car bucking jumping on- off gas, then I learned that I could shift without grinding, that the starter did fine starting from a stop in gear, I tapped the hole in the picture , put a bolt in it and yanked, and it popped off the flywheel---- the original Ford disc doesn't have spring capture flanges, and neither in the box nos ones don't have them, perhaps the springs are better, the metal thicker than modern production --- in the era it was common to replace just the facings on old disc
Yes, I drove nearly all the 40 miles with my foot on the clutch and no change in crankshaft end play