Post 29 of this topic Jim,
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"He said: "Take the clutch disc that has been "cured" by the heat from clutch use and glass bead off the resin that rose to the surface. The clutch will be like brand new and will last ten times longer vs a new clutch that just boils off resin like the last one did. I did that and have not replaced a clutch disc in 20 years as I had three other discs that I had previously purchased. 5 years out of a clutch disc beating the snot out of it on shifts is great durability in my mind."
In basic terms:
The clutch is new. The clutch has resins used in the clutch manufacture that have not seen heat. The clutch needs to be thermal cycled. The clutch unfortunately "bleeds out" some of the resin on the face of the clutch and flywheel. The clutch not had less surface area to hold the forces. By taking a good but slightly used clutch disc and glassbeading off the surface resin you are not back to the friction material, the resin will not bleed out to any great degree beyound this point, and you will have a lot happy life when using the clutch in a car.
Hope that helps Jim.
Tom V.
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