Anybody hear of a centerforce clutch? The guy who might be doing my clutchwork is attempting to talk me into it. I did a search here and found nothing on it...has to mean something. If it isn't reputable I'll be going with the Luk as planned. I called Ford and they told me the 2002 Powerstroke already has to SMF...so where's the best deal for a top notch Luk clutch kit and a kevalar pilot bushing. I'll take some education on the kevlar pilot bushing if someone is bored also. Thanks in advance as always!
Centerforce Clutch?
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CenterForce is a very good clutch for the street/strip crowd. I've never checked to see if they made a clutch for our trucks. Go with the Lux. Everybody thats done their clutch has either did the kevlar bushing or wrote in to say they'd wished they had /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
haven't heard much abt the Centerforce, but the Luk and Southbend get recommended alot. used a Luk standard in mine and it does great! you WILL get a new flywheel from Luk if you use their kit. won't work with a stock flywheel even if its solid. many places to order but i went thru Carolina Clutch (close to home) for mine...a little over $500.(GET THE KEVLAR BUSHING)
just my 2cents
just my 2cents
Thanks, I didn't have a lot of expectation regarding centerforce and wasn't that attached to the idea. Luk Standard it is and a seperate kevalr bushing also. Tempting to just go to the Luk cerametallic though...only a few more bucks right?
not much more as far as money, but i have heard that they somewhat on the "grabbie"
side..... if you got lots of power that may be the way to go. but with my mods the standard works great. i often tow a 13,000lb 5er and
doing that is what informed me of my stock clutch slippage. put the Luk in and it was gone. either way you go you won't be sorry!!!
side..... if you got lots of power that may be the way to go. but with my mods the standard works great. i often tow a 13,000lb 5er and
doing that is what informed me of my stock clutch slippage. put the Luk in and it was gone. either way you go you won't be sorry!!!
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I used the centerforce in my older trucks and will not run anything else in them. As for the newer trucks I have not seen much about them. I think you will be good to go with either one. If you have been going thru the standard clutchs then I would say give the centerforce a shot.
No offense but if you drive easy you can run a stock clutch until you wonder if it will ever give up. I don't drive easy I just drive however I need to do what I want. Then if the clutch goes just get a better setup for the way it gets used. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif
No offense but if you drive easy you can run a stock clutch until you wonder if it will ever give up. I don't drive easy I just drive however I need to do what I want. Then if the clutch goes just get a better setup for the way it gets used. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif
Hi Kev,
From what I've been reading, Ford in late 2001 on, changed clutch suppliers. I read that Luk was that new supplier but only one thread on the subject so I don't know how true that is.
When I was looking earlier for pre-buying a clutch, both Southbend and RockFord both offered "printed" spec's of over 1000ft/lbs where I couldn't find the Luk mfg website spec's, only reported spec's from dealers selling Luk.
This was two years ago so things may have changed. I like the looks of the Southbend and was waiting for some "time" tested results.
I only have 22k on my factory clutch so I'll wait to see how the Southbend clutch does. Even tho I'm running a stock truck, no mods, I'm wanting a clutch spec thats rated 1000ft/lbs plus.
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From what I've been reading, Ford in late 2001 on, changed clutch suppliers. I read that Luk was that new supplier but only one thread on the subject so I don't know how true that is.
When I was looking earlier for pre-buying a clutch, both Southbend and RockFord both offered "printed" spec's of over 1000ft/lbs where I couldn't find the Luk mfg website spec's, only reported spec's from dealers selling Luk.
This was two years ago so things may have changed. I like the looks of the Southbend and was waiting for some "time" tested results.
I only have 22k on my factory clutch so I'll wait to see how the Southbend clutch does. Even tho I'm running a stock truck, no mods, I'm wanting a clutch spec thats rated 1000ft/lbs plus.
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center force makes a clutch for our trucks and just going by what i know aboput the clutches in the mustangs i wouldnt think twice about putting one in my truck but they are costly.around 1000.00 from what i've seen
Thanks for all the quick help, I didn't get a chance to research the southbend clutch like T_bone suggested because the parts had to be ordered 10 minutes ago. I did end up going with a Luk so I hope things work out for me there. I had a 97' with an E40D in it and I would rather not repeat any form of transmission trouble with this truck like I had with that one.
I am working on ordering the kevlar bushing from dial-a-clutch since the Luk kit we bought didn't have the bushing with it...or at least I don't think it does. Just waiting on the mail now.
Thanks again for all the speedy help!!! It saved precious time on research!!!
I am working on ordering the kevlar bushing from dial-a-clutch since the Luk kit we bought didn't have the bushing with it...or at least I don't think it does. Just waiting on the mail now.
Thanks again for all the speedy help!!! It saved precious time on research!!!
Well, the kevlar pilot bushing was a no-go because they found my input shaft extremely worn. They had to replace it with a sleeve instead of spending the big $$$ to rebuild the tranny. I was out of town and never thought to call Ford to see if they would have covered that on the 100k powertrain warranty. Anybody know for sure?
I hope this sleeve fix works for a good while...from what I gather the kevlar pilot bushing was supposed to help restrict vibrating forces from motor to engine...instead I had to go with a roller bearing type. Thanks gents.
I hope this sleeve fix works for a good while...from what I gather the kevlar pilot bushing was supposed to help restrict vibrating forces from motor to engine...instead I had to go with a roller bearing type. Thanks gents.
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