DeTomaso Mailing List: November 2000, Message #190

The list feedback last week on long-throw clutch slaves was excellent and I had planned to upgrade to one.  Then I talked to Marino at Pantera East.  Marino indicated that the long throw slaves were excellent with diaphram pressure plates but he was not confident that they would work on standard pressure plates.  His fear was that the extra motion of the long throw slave might move things too far and accelerate wear or break something.

Since I've just purchased and neutrally balanced a McLeod 'long' style pressure plate, I currently don't have the option of a diaphram pressure plate.  So the question is: do the long-throw slaves create potential problems with 'long' style pressure plates?  Any experience out there with that combination. 

Thanks guys,

Dave Bell