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eddie c · 03-02-2012, 10:41 PM

Sorry that I joined this discussion late in the game,but my thought is that
Mr. Rambo's explaination of the block and tackle was an excellent one.
Another example, that I think could be used, is a 10 speed bike,there are much lighter loads in the lower gears and in hi gear or 10th there is considerable load on the engine or in this case your legs.If there was a clutch in that system,I believe you would see slippage in the 9 to 10 shift before seeing it in any other gear. Something that I dont think was mentioned, was how much would the e/t improve
if the clutch didnt slip in the 3 to 4 shift ? A number of years ago, I changed the clutch and pressure plate on a friends 68 Pontiac Firebird stocker that was slipping the clutch in its high gear shift.. Much to our surprise we saw no improvement in e/t with the new
non slipping clutch. ed

03-02-2012, 10:41 PM	#10
eddie c Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Southeastern Pa. Posts: 53 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: High gear clutch slippage Sorry that I joined this discussion late in the game,but my thought is that Mr. Rambo's explaination of the block and tackle was an excellent one. Another example, that I think could be used, is a 10 speed bike,there are much lighter loads in the lower gears and in hi gear or 10th there is considerable load on the engine or in this case your legs.If there was a clutch in that system,I believe you would see slippage in the 9 to 10 shift before seeing it in any other gear. Something that I dont think was mentioned, was how much would the e/t improve if the clutch didnt slip in the 3 to 4 shift ? A number of years ago, I changed the clutch and pressure plate on a friends 68 Pontiac Firebird stocker that was slipping the clutch in its high gear shift.. Much to our surprise we saw no improvement in e/t with the new non slipping clutch. ed