Originally Posted by
RokleM
Don't get me wrong, I think tekno actually is doing a pretty good job on shoes so far. Wear on average I'm getting about 1g out of shoes on the stock clutch, but I would like to go a bit further. I've been hearing about 2g average on the reds, hence the reason I was checking to see who all has strapped a different clutch to the setup instead.
I remember watching a Drake video years ago on measuring the OD of the clutch shoes to determine wear/replacement time. Does anyone have that measurement? Does it apply to the Tekno shoes/clutch assembly.
My OS Speed took a little over a gallon and a half to fully break in, of which I've never changed the clutch shoes or bearings. In fact, I ran almost 2 gallons before removing the motor to service the clutch/end bell. End bell still spun freely before disassembling. Upon removal one of the inner bearing shields had fallen off, but bearings were still very free. I had some mushrooming on the shoes that I filed off, but elected to continue running them, replacing the clutch bearings.
Just getting back into nitro and not familiar with the performance fall off, due to clutch wear, I'm not sure I felt anything significant over the course of these 2- gallons. Surprisingly have been turning as fast (and at times faster) lap times with the NB-48 over my EB-48.2, standing on the hot pit.
So should I feel slippage at some point? Delayed engagement?