Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations pierreick on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by RickyW

  1. R

    wet clutch material

    I see your point. I'm basing my ideas off other wet clutch arrangements that I have seen. I would think if there is no oil and enough heat the clutch disc could friction weld together. I've seen a few abused differential clutch packs (that were slipped to excess under high load/speed) which...
  2. R

    wet clutch material

    Thanks for the reply. It does appear that the discs in the pack shown are slightly different shades, so what your saying makes sense. As for the holes or slots they are basically to allow oil to circulate to prevent galling and to allow some cooling of the plates. I understand they would reduce...
  3. R

    Wet clutch plate material

    Hi, I'm looking for some advice on a wet clutch material for a limited slip differential. I've found it hard to find much useful information on metal/metal clutch materials. My knowledge of materials is very basic but looking at a couple of other clutch packs i've seen some very basic...
  4. R

    wet clutch material

    Hi, I'm looking for some advice on a wet clutch material for a limited slip differential. I've found it hard to find much useful information on metal/metal clutch materials. My knowledge of materials is very basic but looking at a couple of other clutch packs i've seen some very basic...

Part and Inventory Search