Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (November 2007, week 4)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:58:07 -0500
Reply-To:     pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20071125170303.C9E3A1165C7@hamburg.alientech.net>
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii


Correct, not from centrifugal force.


Think about it- the clutch disk is "clamped" in place by the pressure plate.
This greatly reduces the effect of centrifugal force.


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike S
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 12:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?


At 11:23 AM 11/25/2007, ***************** wrote...
>Sorry to have to disagree,  but i've done it....
>>If so you blew up the clutch
>>disc from cerntrifical force... Ask me how I know this...


There's the disconnect. The damage you described was caused by too much
torque (rotational force) on the clutch friction plate. It was not from
centrifugal or centripetal force.
Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.