Pressure Plate Opinions
 

I need a 10" pressure plate for my flathead with a T5. Two possible sources are a new one from Speedway and having my old one rebuilt by Ft Wayne clutch. I have heard good and bad about both sources.
Any opinions?
Are there better sources?
I hate a chattering clutch.

Many thanks to all,...jack

Re: Pressure Plate Opinions
 

I think chattering is usually caused by contamination of the disc. Usually from grease or oil. I have found regardless where you buy your parts there are going to be good and bad. I just got a clutch kit from Ft Wayne and very happy with them and it

Re: Pressure Plate Opinions
 

You don't mention what kind of a car you have, but I replaced the clutch on my "shoebox" several years ago and the clutch still chattered (it was better, but not completely fixed). I finally eliminated all of the chatter by replacing the motor mounts

Re: Pressure Plate Opinions
 

It's in a 1951 F1.
I am aware other factors can cause chattering. Such as faulty motor mounts and sloppy clutch linkage, glazed flywheel, disc, etc.
I am trying to avoid problems i can't fix - such as unbalanced pressure on the pressure plate.

Re: Pressure Plate Opinions
 

I'd be wondering if you have a disc for the T-5 spline since that can make a difference too. Select a PP that fits the disk size. I haven'y had any troubles with Ft Wayne Clutch yet. There are even some diaphragm type pressure plates that can be made to work with the right fingers.

Re: Pressure Plate Opinions
 

What are the diaphragm pressure plates that can be used with the large snout on a Ford transmission? Hot Rod Deluxe magazine had an article telling exactly what to use and I had to shorten all the fingers. Afterwards, they barely made contact with the throwout bearing. Still upset about that.... (I'll confess that I was using an orange engine and wanted a pressure plate that wouldn't require re-drilling the flywheel.)