10" Ford Tractor pressure plate

[Bob's 1950 truck]

I have a new 10" Ford tractor pressure plate. It is the Long style with adjusting bolts on the fingers. The dimensions are the same as the pressure plate I took out of my F1. It does not have counter weights on the levers. Can I use that on my 8BA? Will it cause a stiffer clutch pedal? Anybody use one of these?

[cas3]

Those weights are not "counter weights", They are to provide more pressure to the disk by using the centrifugal force when spinning at high RPM.

I would not use it

[flathead4rd]

Why not? Just curious.

[40 Deluxe]

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Originally Posted by flathead4rd

Why not? Just curious.

It will have stronger springs to overcome the lack of weights. The tractor engine only revved to maybe 12-1500 RPM so not enough for the centrifugal effect. So you will likely have a stiffer pedal and the extra effort needed may wear out the linkage quicker.