Ace

You guys know anything about this clutch: eBay item# 260037961970

Price is way low. Is it really a 13" 1st gen clutch? Made in Taiwan junk?

wannadiesel

The picture looks good, the cast iron clutch cover is a good sign.

redstreak

I'd say probably not the best on the market.

PapeCAT

ditto Wanna diesel
The Cast iron pressure plate looks to be an imitation of the sach's oem clutch, custom engineered for our application that is bombproof at near stock power levels. The sachs OEM friction plate pads are made by raybestos. You sould ask him a few questions and see what he says, what materials, etc... I'm sure this is a quality unit in design being that it is a copy, however manufacturing may or may not be up to snuff. I wonder where it was made? Perhaps they bought some old dies for this clutch and made their own? I bought my sachs clutch brand new for just over 400 on ebay.

Ace

They've been on eBay almost a year and claim to be clutch manufacturers for heavy duty applications. The thing that bothered me is they are advertising some other HD clutches for 89-2003 CTDs. I understand maybe you could put a 12.5 clutch on a 13" flywheel, not that it would be a great idea, but makes me wonder about them...

super62nova

NOT GOOD, a friend bought one and it came apart after about 10,000

http://www.valairinc.com/clutches.html

PapeCAT

yeah that's a stnd "upgrade" we've seen commonly from other vendors as well, going to the 12" clutch