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ccb Member

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 95 Location: nc
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject: slipper clutch |
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| Has anyone tried a slipper clutch in a race car before? Bikes have be using them for years. |
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needforspeed66gt Guru

Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 1039 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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The diesel puller trucks and tractors have been using them for a long time. We're converting our diesel puller over to a slipper clutch this year - I don't know much about them specifically though. _________________ Nate Cutler
Cylinder Head Machinist (ASE Certified...but what a joke...) |
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350sx New Member

Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 19
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| My understanding of it was that they only slipped on braking. Basically a lack of engine braking. IIRC they have a sprag on the flywheel itself. I might be completely wrong though, I just can't imagine you'd want a clutch to slip on accel. |
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bubba2400 New Member

Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 17
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| I use one in my pulling truck. Usually you use one so that you can bring the motor out in it's power band and not just blow the tires away. The "slipper clutches" in bikes are different, more like what 350sx had said. Also, because of the material used you dont' burn them up when they get slipped. |
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Piledriver Member

Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 185 Location: Van Alstyne, Texas
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| bubba2400 wrote: | | I use one in my pulling truck. Usually you use one so that you can bring the motor out in it's power band and not just blow the tires away. The "slipper clutches" in bikes are different, more like what 350sx had said. Also, because of the material used you dont' burn them up when they get slipped. |
Worded different---On a bike it's more like a "one way" clutch... So you don't toss the rear end due to engine braking.
Not spinning out a car is important, but on a motorcycle, you don't spin out, you eat pavement and become the pedestrian in the middle of the freeway. |
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