[Rory McNeil]

I have Soft Loks in both my Ford drag cars, and both units were shipped with .280" thick discs, as were any replacement discs.Did you buy the clutch as a complete assembly? You may have been shipped the wrong disc. Also, I assume that you are using McLeods necked down clutch fork and an adjustable ball pivot, correct? Even though the 5.0 Mustang uses a fairly deep bellhousing, the packaging is very tight, due to the fork running to the passenger side pivot ball, plus the Soft Loks "Long" style pressure plate is considerably taller than the stock diagphram clutch. On my Mustang it was a juggling act to get the adjustable pivot in far enough without hitting the pressure plate. I am also using the "special" wide face throw out bearing. One other thing to watch when you get this all sorted out, is that when the disc gets thinner from wear, you may find that the fork will bottom out against the scattershields window, which will cause the clutch to slip, regardless of how much pressure you give it. I have had this happen with both the Lakewood as well as my curent McLeod scattershield.