Best Clutches For Glide

Want kind of clutches do yoy guys prefer?

Alto clutches and Kolene steels...


Randy

Thanks Coug,
That's what I was going to get. I am going to increase from 5 to 7 high gear. Took glide part had 30 passes on it just wanted to see if this heavy car hurt anything every thing looked good even with OE clutches and steels going to upgrade anyway got a buch of chevys azzes to kick theis year. Are you coming to the seminar?

no I am not coming to the seminar , wife has finger pinned so I am staying home to help her, hard to do stuff one handed....


Randy

Ever tried the RAYBESTOS BLUE?

BIGDOG466 wrote:Ever tried the RAYBESTOS BLUE?

yes but they are thicker and they don't take the heat as well as the Alto's, the Blues if memory is right are .090 thick and altos are .060, I will check after while and let you know....


I have also taken FMX cluthes and machined them down and you can get 2 or 3 more in a pack for high gear....I have also surfaced off old and new steels to make them thinner to get the clearances I wanted....


Randy

the Coug wrote:no I am not coming to the seminar , wife has finger pinned so I am staying home to help her, hard to do stuff one handed....


Randy

Holy crap, what are the waitresses at the Texas Roadhouse going to do?

they are going to go into withdrawls I know........


Randy

Won't be the same without you, Randy.

Nev I broke my wifes finger before Xmas so she now has pins in her finger and really hard to do things one handed, so I am going to stay and help her.....


Randy

the Coug wrote:Nev I broke my wifes finger before Xmas so she now has pins in her finger and really hard to do things one handed, so I am going to stay and help her.....


Randy

Can't fault you for that. Maybe next year.

I most often build with Alto frictions. The red Altos work fine. I rarely use Blue Plates anymore; didn't see any real-world benefit to them. Ditto the Kolene (aka nitrided) steels. I only use nitrided steels in circle track transmissions. Most current friction/steel can be had in thinner versions. You can put 8 thin frictions into a bone-stock OEM Glide drum with proper piston machining. As to band material I use Kevlar or composite bands in everything, although in reality the OEM bands are fine as long as the trans is properly built. When it comes to steels DO NOT be afraid to reuse old steels... as long as they're perfectly flat and have no surface imperfections. You NEVER want to sand or bead blast them, period. This will cause excess friction wear and possible slippage. As to surfacing frictions... yikes. I'm sure it could be done... but why, lol? One last thing. If you do use nitrided steels be 100% sure you Scotchbrite them before use. Most come with a nasty goop on them after the nitriding process. If you leave that blackish-gray junk on there you will not get accurate clearance measurements when you assemble the trans. And, that gunk will wear off and can imbed into the frictions and shorten lifespan as well as cause slippage.

Steve