Bending a rodney

Harshness of engagement..... That is the support strap I referred to and which I broke on a PP once upon a time. Revved high and dumped hard on pavement. Instant vibration. Never did that again and never bent/broke any of those straps again.

Each such strap has a limit; I broke that one with just a modified 130 HP Opel 1.9L Engine. If you rev and dump on pavement, then the springs in the disc get 100% compressed and the remaining shock goes elsewhere; something like this will happen sooner or later.

Glad it was that easy IM.
It actually happened at the 1-2 shift. Nothing fancy, just the typical 6400 powershift. Done it a thousand times with other set ups, I just think the disc was too aggressive. It's a Mcleod, bronze button on both sides.

I don't even like the way my aluminum flywheel looks now after less than 20 miles....