kjetil4455
Active Member
After seeing various recommendations on this forum, and due to compulsive purchasing issues... I bought the 2nd gen clutch basket and Barnett's pressure plate. I really had no issues with vibration, but I wanted the improved clutch graduation from the Barnett plate as the OEM conical pressure plate is very "Off / on". I was also interested in making the clutch easier, as I sit in traffic and off road a lot.
I bought an aftermarket clutch hydraulic cylinder from offtheroad which made a difference. Finally, today, installed the 2nd gen basket along with the Barnett plate. Wow, what an incredible difference! We used the light springs (although my mechanic was worried that the engine's torque would cause slipping); feels great. Very light, very graduable clutch feel. Super happy with this upgrade, although it was very costly with all the import taxes.
Highly recommend the Barnett pressure plate in combination with the OTR upgraded slave cylinder.
I can also mention that I tried to mix with 3 light and 3 intermediate springs, but the difference between them is large. Even with the aftermarket clutch cylinder, 3 & 3 was harder than the original clutch. I didn't even try the hardest kit out of the 3 variants provided, but presumably they would be very hard.
Personally didn't feel much difference with the 2nd gen clutch basket (we did confirm that the springs had play), but who knows, maybe it would've turned into a problem in the future --> and that's why I decided to spend the extra bucks and swap it while we were doing the pressure plate upgrade.
**see authors edits in subsequent post below**.
(Wally)
I bought an aftermarket clutch hydraulic cylinder from offtheroad which made a difference. Finally, today, installed the 2nd gen basket along with the Barnett plate. Wow, what an incredible difference! We used the light springs (although my mechanic was worried that the engine's torque would cause slipping); feels great. Very light, very graduable clutch feel. Super happy with this upgrade, although it was very costly with all the import taxes.
Highly recommend the Barnett pressure plate in combination with the OTR upgraded slave cylinder.
I can also mention that I tried to mix with 3 light and 3 intermediate springs, but the difference between them is large. Even with the aftermarket clutch cylinder, 3 & 3 was harder than the original clutch. I didn't even try the hardest kit out of the 3 variants provided, but presumably they would be very hard.
Personally didn't feel much difference with the 2nd gen clutch basket (we did confirm that the springs had play), but who knows, maybe it would've turned into a problem in the future --> and that's why I decided to spend the extra bucks and swap it while we were doing the pressure plate upgrade.
**see authors edits in subsequent post below**.
(Wally)
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