Clutch Pressure Plate

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george cook

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My new clutch pressure plate is not fitted with a centre thrust pad. It is of the centre finger type which I believe comes into direct contact with the clutch withdrawal sleeve. I think my withdrawal sleeve part number is571398.Is this the correct sleeve to be used with a spring ( finger) type pressure plate without centre thrust pad.
George
 
george cook said:
My new clutch pressure plate is not fitted with a centre thrust pad. It is of the centre finger type which I believe comes into direct contact with the clutch withdrawal sleeve. I think my withdrawal sleeve part number is571398.Is this the correct sleeve to be used with a spring ( finger) type pressure plate without centre thrust pad.
George
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Hi George, early transmissions had a center pad with a slightly different release collar. Post 1969 transmissions did away with the center pad. You can read about the changes in this thread

4Cyl clutch cover/pressure plate

Hi I replaced my clutch on my P6 but it appears that there are 2 diff covers,one is just the “fingers” the other has a circular plate where the release bearing contacts. The one I removed has the circular plate and I replaced it with the other style,but now I can’t get the clutch to...
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Book says 571398 is for gearboxes suffix H onwards. There are several different clutches listed, but its not clear which gearbox is relevant - it specifies which engine suffix is relevant to each clutch. FWIW, on clutch throwouts in general a flat plate throwout mates with clutch fingers with a curved section on the finger ends. With plain straight clutch fingers, the throwout bearing has a curved face. Hope that makes some sense.
More - one type seems to be called 'self centering', but which is which eludes me.
 
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jp928 said:
Book says 571398 is for gearboxes suffix H onwards. There are several different clutches listed, but its not clear which gearbox is relevant - it specifies which engine suffix is relevant to each clutch. FWIW, on clutch throwouts in general a flat plate throwout mates with clutch fingers with a curved section on the finger ends. With plain straight clutch fingers, the throwout bearing has a curved face. Hope that makes some sense.
More - one type seems to be called 'self centering', but which is which eludes me.
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The clutch which I replaced was fitted with a centre pad. The replacement fitted had no centre pad but straight fingers.
I have not replaced the withdrawal sleeve.
My car is a post 69, the withdrawal sleeve has a curved face.
Does this indicate that All is OK?
George
 
george cook said:
The clutch which I replaced was fitted with a centre pad. The replacement fitted had no centre pad but straight fingers.
I have not replaced the withdrawal sleeve.
My car is a post 69, the withdrawal sleeve has a curved face.
Does this indicate that All is OK?
George
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The withdrawal sleeve for the clutch cover that does not have the centre plate is curved and much larger in diameter. Here are a couple of photos of the 2 different versions. The black sleeve os for the clutch cover with fingers only. You can see the comparison in diameters and how it looks against the housing.IMGP3577.JPGIMGP3578.JPGIMGP3583.JPG
 
My 74 v8 4 speed has what looks like 591038 throwout, similar to 571398. The clutch fingers have a slight curve at the ends, towards the engine, but it was heavier than usual, so the curve might reflect abuse or over travel. Certainly no flat plate in the centre.
See Rover P6 Parts supplied by Mark & Angie Gray
 
jp928 said:
My 74 v8 4 speed has what looks like 591038 throwout, similar to 571398. The clutch fingers have a slight curve at the ends, towards the engine, but it was heavier than usual, so the curve might reflect abuse or over travel. Certainly no flat plate in the centre.
See Rover P6 Parts supplied by Mark & Angie Gray
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The photographs were excellent.Looking at those it's pretty straighforward.My withdrawal sleeve is the larger diameter curved type, suitable for the finger type clutch cover.That's saved me a bit of work and a bob or two.
Many thanks
George
 
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