Originally Posted by
Anupam Das
I am using the werks 4 shoe clutch with Serpent bell. and I am finding I have to shim the hell out of it as the clutch is quite a bit longer than the motor output shaft and is also required to mate with the spur.. Now I've shimmed my share of clutches in the past (mugen, Kyosho..etc).. with ZERO issues, but I cannot seem to be able to shim this clutch without blowing up bearings pretty much for sure after every run. My first reaction is: this is a flawed design, and its a huge bummer. But then perhaps im just doing something wrong?
Anyway, at the end of the day what are you guys doing to get reliability here? Are you just running the stock clutch? or some other system thats prooven to work? whats Ryan Lutz using?
Another thing, with the engine in the forward location, my clutch nut literally is about 2 mm from acting as a dremel tool into my fuel tank. This to me is also an epic faileure in design. I pretty much feel forced to run the engine int he rear position just so I dont end up eating through fuel tanks in case of clutch failure. Already ate throuth one today.
Anyway, im pretty frustrated and some of this makes me want to throw this thing on ebay lol. But I'm interested in solutions before doing so: Im all ears.
Not really sure how using an aftermarket clutch and another manufactures bell
is a design flaw??
But if your gonna run an aftermarket clutch it is possible its gonna sit closer
to the tank. So I decided to look at where mine sit.
Here is my normal setup with a FusionX (nova based) and a BuKu with a
Serpent bell its about 3.5-4mm off the tank.
Here is my spare Picco with the stock clutch and a Serpent bell its about 6mm
off but the screw sticks out the center about a 1mm so its closer to 5mm for
total clearance.
And the Picco with a stock clutch and bell, about 4.5mm of clearance.
All of these are with the motor in the forward position.
At this point it looks like you have an issue with your shimming.