Yes, I have an early BJ8, with the bigger clutch, the pegs did vary... I
had to repeg a few years ago when my clutch wore out.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Alan:
>
> As far as I can tell from the literature that I have, the change to the
> diaphragm clutch was made late in the BJ7 production and ran right to the
> end of BJ8 production - with the corresponding change to the flywheel
> drillings. They did fiddle around with a couple of sizes of disc - 9 1/2",
> 9" - today's replacements seem to measure up at around 9 1/4".
>
> In any case, the problem for Ira remains the same: the flywheel will have
> to be re-dowelled, and the flywheel bolt holes will have to be enlarged
> because of the configuration of the diaphragm (BJ8) clutch - no big problem
> for any competent machine shop.
>
> It's a change that is well worth it in my opinion - I did it to my tri-carb
> many years ago (although I used a BJ8 flywheel lightened by Bill Bolton,
> rather than reconfiguring the original). It's simply a much better clutch.
>
> Cheers, --- Earl
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