Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Clutch questions?

[bolds]

sounds like standard 916- plates are semi sintered and the centre is anodised alloy
plates are 3mm thick when new and SP fully sintered ones are 2.5mm

[Shazaam!]

From the Haynes Manual:
748, 916, 996:
7 friction plates - one curved plate with two friction surfaces
Minimum friction plate thickness = 2.8 mm, wear =0.2 X 7 = 1.4 mm, no adjustment
2.0 mm plain plate #1
2.0 mm*plain plate #2
3.0 mm friction plate #1
1.5 mm dished plain plate (convex side facing toward you)
3.0 mm friction plate #2
2.0 mm*plain plate #3
3.0 mm friction plate #3
2.0 mm plain plate #4
3.0 mm friction plate #4
2.0 mm*plain plate #5
3.0 mm friction plate #5
2.0 mm plain plate #6
3.0 mm friction plate #6
2.0 mm plain plate #7
3.0 mm friction plate #7
2.0 mm plain plate #8
pressure plate (line up marks)
38.5 mm Total

[Jon]

Bit of a mishmash of parts there SP? You say the center hub is alloy.

[Walenut]

A picture saves a thousand words, or something like that.

[Walenut]

Plates

[Walenut]

16 plates in the correct order according to Shazaam and the Ducati workshop manual.

[bolds]

Those friction plates are absolutely mullered !!
and the plain steels look blued as well

[rockhopper]

I would say that its been run with an open clutch cover and some sand or such like has got in there. I've never seen a clutch worn out like that one is!! You can tell its not done many miles by the lack of damage to the tangs.

[Glyn]

rider error

[rockhopper]

Possibly Glyn, looking at the tangs on the friction plates they are blue. Must have been some serious heat in there to do that.