Borg & Beck Pressure Plate Springs

mopardude62 said
Thanks 66fs. Yea, we had a great shop here but the man died in Oct 2014 and his kids closed it up. There is another shop in town but I have never been able to work with them or get them to listen to me. They have that "You don't know anything, we've been in business for 40 years" attitude. They actually sold me a Borg & Beck #1576 pressure plate and it was not set up right. I tried to tell them it didn't release and the spring pressure was too great. After telling me twice they had it fixed, installing it and dropping the motor/tranny back in the car only to discover it still didn't work, I gave up and ordered a new pressure plate from Brewers. It's still not like it was, but the car runs and I can live with it for a little while. I'm going to school myself all I can on pressure plates and make sure I know what I'm talking about so I can spot someone trying to jerk me around before I swap parts again.

hi, you can fix it your self. bolt it with disc to flywheel on bench. loosen the three bolts on top equally until they are removed, then loosen pressure plate bolts equally until the hat is free. can remove the hat. be sure to not to loose any shims between the hat and lever pivots, have springs pressure tested to find the right combination. installed height is what you have to use , just like a valve spring. set springs back in base, set hat back on, slowly tighten down the bolts to flywheel, once they are tight, then install three hat bolts and tighten down. release pressure plate bolts , clutch is done. reason, I know about this, is I did this same thing years ago on my 273 dart. my clutch worked great. later on, I did same to my 340 clutch, changing base pressures, it's not rocket science, have to pay attention to details. pvt message me if you like.