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Originally Posted by arminhammer
I took a die grinder and cleaned up between every pad on the fiber discs on my wifes 11 250. The clutch is now better than anything I have ever used. It takes some time but did wonders.
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I tried this on my clutch and noticed some improvement. I was only going to check the frictions for wear, but when I noticed the plates were getting thin, I decided to try Armin's modification. The frictions were worn down to the point where the standard grooves were barely visible. They have almost 7 seasons of use.
I'd guess that deeper grooving allows the frictions to sweep more oil from the steels and reduces squawking. The improvement I noticed might be from the fact that the plates have grooves once again.
It is a time consuming job considering that there are 36 grooves x 2 sides x 8 frictions = 576 grooves. Maybe I should use them for another season to justify the work.
If I get new plates, I better get a spark plug too (just to keep Mr. F5 happy).