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sammywells
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Joined: June 17, 2013
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Location: southern ohio
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 Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:00 pm Post subject: clutch kit |
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| getting ready to order a new clutch kit. Sachs for 93.00 or Beck Arnley for 50.00 Is there a difference. |
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VW_Jimbo 
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Joined: May 22, 2016
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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| I like Sachs. That would be my first choice every time. |
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sammywells
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Joined: June 17, 2013
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Location: southern ohio
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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| well i just clicked on Beck Arnley at amazon for 50 bucks. Time will tell. |
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Cusser
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Location: Hot Arizona
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:54 am Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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| sammywells wrote: |
| well i just clicked on Beck Arnley at amazon for 50 bucks. Time will tell. |
Hey - they both could be Chinese-made.
I will share that I've run a chinese-made disc in my 1971's 1835cc engine for at least a half-dozen years and it's been fine. And a few months ago I installed a chinese-made disc into my 1970 when I resurrected that, also has been fine.
Remember: there's not just ONE factory in China; quality can depend upon materials, engineering, quality of manufacture and QC.
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green1303
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Location: Alexandria, VA
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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For anyone else who's interested, Sachs 200 mm clutch discs and pressure plates are both made in Slovakia and Brazil, and you can tell the European and Brazilian ones apart at a glance. The European ones are also much more expensive. Sachs throw-out or clutch release bearings are made in Germany and Brazil.
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heimlich
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Joined: November 20, 2016
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Location: Houston, Texas
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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| What about Kennedy? |
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wcfvw69
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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| green1303 wrote: |
| For anyone else who's interested, Sachs 200 mm clutch discs and pressure plates are both made in Slovakia and Brazil, and you can tell the European and Brazilian ones apart at a glance. The European ones are also much more expensive. Sachs throw-out or clutch release bearings are made in Germany and Brazil. |
I just bought a 200 mm Sachs clutch and pressure plate kit for my 70' bus. The pressure plate was made in Brazil and the spring loaded clutch disc was made in S. Korea. I think the throwout bearing was made in Germany. It's been excellent so far.
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boom10ful
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Joined: January 10, 2017
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Location: United States
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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| Bought a Korean Valeo clutch disc for my '69 Bug. Couldn't be happier! |
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Lingwendil
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Location: Antioch, California, a block from the hood
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:01 am Post subject: Re: clutch kit |
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I run a Kennedy "stage 1" pressure plate with a Sachs unsprung-center disc on my stock carb 1776, daily driver, stop-and-go gridlock traffic100-150 miles daily, and it has the pedal feel of a new car, highly recommended. I had an Exedy daikin spring-center disc on it before but swapped it out when I replaced my failed main seal due to oil contamination. I like the solid disc better for sure, and the sachs disc grabs nice and firm with little slip due to the increased friction from the solid center, much nicer for traffic.
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