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Anyone used Ferodo clutch plates in 2003 R1?
hobbsy - 5/10/09 at 09:20 PM

My clutch is slipping a bit - mostly when oil isn't fully up to temp - and when doing full throttle clutchless changes.

I'm hoping I've caught it soon enough to not need to replace the steels due to being cooked.

Anyway I've got a set of Ferodo frictions which a friend of a friend managed to get me at a discount.

Question is - are they any good?

This will be the first time I've changed the clutch on this - I know people recommend Yamaha friction plates as being the best.

Its got a Barnett clutch conversion if that makes any difference to people opinions!

I know a lot of people don't rate EBC frictions but not read much about Ferodo...

I've just changed the oil and using semi-synth Castrol GPS as recommended by Andy Bates.


JoaoCaldeira - 6/10/09 at 12:37 PM

Sorry for not being any help on the friction plates (I'm choosing ones right now, too) but be careful with that slip... my steels were completely TOAST. Actually I had 2 friction plates smashed inside... meaning oil is quite contaminated with friction material...
(I DID abuse a lot, so not near any decent / hard use wear...)

Cheers,
Joao


Kriss - 7/10/09 at 10:27 AM

i put in a barnett and new firctions on saturday. just one of by steels had 5-10 slightly burn marks on it (brown/blue splodges about 2 cm apart going round the plate), all the rest looked fine.

Anyone able to describe what shagged steels look like?