Hi, as some of you may know, I am wrapping up my Cummins R2.8 swap. The truck is driving and runs beautifully. However I am running into some issues with the clutch. All of the critical dimensions are identical to a stock C303 including the stock B30 Flywheel. I had to change the stock clutch out because it was not holding to the new torque of the diesel. However the old clutch did operate for awhile. In search of a better clutch I bought a SPEC stage 3 disc and Pressure plate. This certainly solved my clutch holding issue, but brought up a new issue. The Spec pressure plate appeared to be almost identical tot he stock i removed minus an additional bearing surface on the clutch fingers. This would have made the pressure plate a bit taller than it really is. That said, this bearing surface would have rode in/on the seal of the original clutch release bearing. So because everything appeared apples to apples, I removed this extra bearing surface and let the release bearing ride on the fingers as it was stock. Unfortunately it appears the pressure plate is a bit different and required the release bearing to be adjusted to far forward. I think the release fork is angled to much forward and I am loosing throw at the end. So, I see that there was a Sachs and a Borg & Beck clutch used at times and i am wondering if there is a clutch release bearing that may be longer than the stock C303 bearing. This would certainly cure my issue without any further fabrication. I can certainly modify or make up a new release bearing, but it would be nice to just throw in a longer version and keep driving. Any help is appreciated.
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