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Post by tangobravo on Apr 15, 2021 13:10:48 GMT -5
Is there any good way to judge clutch wear on a S-clutch? There are no wear mark indicators or methods that I can determine. My current one has contact wear patterns of about 2/3 of the shoe lengths. Appreciate any ideas anyone may have!
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Post by undee70ss on Apr 15, 2021 19:15:03 GMT -5
That's probably about normal. They never wear evenly. What kind of saw?
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Post by tangobravo on Apr 15, 2021 19:25:30 GMT -5
XL Super Mini- This is an S-clutch that expands on the leading side only, so it is expected to wear on the tip and taper back. Seems that it is hard to determine how much wear/life remains. I'm thinking that the leading edge is the spot to gauge wear.
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Post by undee70ss on Apr 15, 2021 20:40:02 GMT -5
They made a 3 shoe clutch replacement
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Post by blythkd on Apr 16, 2021 11:19:46 GMT -5
I never saw wear being as big a problem on the S clutches as simply breaking into 2 pieces. An S clutch would wear quite some time but I'm sure they do wear out. The new 3 shoe replacement clutches on the other hand, don't wear nearly as well. They don't seem to come apart so that's a plus but the shoes don't seem to be very hard.
My son has been cutting up a lot of posts this month, usually nothing more than 4-5" diameter, so he's figured out that running a Super 2 all day is much easier than his normal 360's. He put a new 3 shoe clutch on one of our Super 2's a few days ago and when he had the sprocket back off of a couple of days ago he noticed the clutch was almost worn out already. It was somewhere between 1 and 2 weeks old. He averages a couple hundred posts a day but hadn't cut nearly every day, probably about 3 days a week.
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Post by tangobravo on Apr 16, 2021 11:31:34 GMT -5
Really interesting information. I appreciate the practical experience info! Sounds like replacing the drum/sprocket may be more of an issue with the S-clutch
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