Here's a shot of the kit installed on my primary cover...
Thanks Restless! Gonna attempt to get some photos up here...
Here's a shot of the kit installed on my primary cover...
The CNC Machine at work...
Here's a kit ready to ship...
Would have bought this in a heartbeat after my ramp failed. Had to make one of these from scratch and it was not a good time. Good work!
How much testing have you done on the final product? It seems to me that the aluminum you are using is way to thin to handle the amount of pressure that the clutch places on that section. Wouldn't this be a product better made out of steel?
Thanks Macbuell! I hear ya...I had to do my first by hand before I designed a kit.
2004xb12s: There have been about a thousand miles put on these kits with plenty of stop lights and almost no wear on the aluminum plate. I chose to go with aluminum over steel as an effort to keep from wear on the ramp assembly, I don't know where you can get one if it's even possible to get one. The aluminum plate is much stronger and a little thicker then the lip on the OEM primary cover. Given I use plate instead of cast aluminum it's really not brittle at all. Furthermore, I could stand on the ramp assembly without it flexing, there's no way you are putting that much pressure on the clutch.
I will try to find some specs on exactly how many pounds of pressure it takes to move the clutch. Given it's not hydraulic it can't be to high...
This is not cast aluminum, should be stronger. My cast aluminum ramp disintegrated like hardened sugar. I was not pleased.
It's not all about materials though unless all else is equal...Loading, design, number of cycles, fatigue, etc. take a large role in any design. Sorry...the engineer in me just came out for a sec! Carry on... ;)