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new friction disc thickness?

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I am rebuilding my 1500 midget engine.
The clutch has around 10k miles on it. Haven't had any problems with the clutch, but I am tring to figure out if I should replace it or not.
Can anyone tell me how thick a new friction disc is from top of friction surface to bottom of grooves? to help give me an idea of how much life is left?
 
One thought is that you have to pull the engine to replace the clutch. Depending on the cost of the materials, I'd go through everything while the engine is out were it me.
 
drooartz said:
One thought is that you have to pull the engine to replace the clutch. Depending on the cost of the materials, I'd go through everything while the engine is out were it me.
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that is my though already, and have the engine out and torn apart already. but I don't want to spend the money on a new clutch if I don't need to especially if it can last a good more amount of miles I don't want to replace it. i.e. if 70% or so life is left on the clutch after 1.5 years of use, I don't want to replace it.

I am looking for a way to know approx how much life is left on the clutch by taking some kind of measurement on the friction discs to compare it with a new friction disc (if someone can provide that info)
 
If you were having no trouble with it, and you know for a fact that it only has 10k on it, and if a visual inspection looks good, then you should be ok to use it.

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With only 10K on it, if it looks ok, go with it.
 
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