I was just wondering if anyone has experience with centerforce Dual friction clutch kits? I'm contimplating one for my bronco. My driving style tends to be hard on clutches and I find myself replacing them more often than other guys.. I will be offroading alot and driving in heavy mud. maybe even slowplowing eventually.

the clutch is about $300 without throw bearing think it's worth it?

 

They are supposed to be good but that seems a little pricy.

 

Look into the Luk Pro Gold clutch. Centerforce uses alot of Luks products in building their clutches. I have sold tons of the Pro Gold unit to fleets and tow companies without problems. These kits are designed for the owners who tow or offroad. The pressure plate torque capacity is increased and the disc has high temp linings to help reduce the heat which is what kills clutches.

 

I just installed a Centerforce and it is awesome, much less effort to push the pedal in. I did notice that the pressure plate had LUK stamped on it. I do a lot of stop and go driving and the extra money is worth it to me.

 

mr clutch can you get an LUK clutche for a 90 f150 with a 4.9 and a 5spd thanks

 

I have used both of these clutches.
Go for the Center Force Dual Friction you will not regret it.
As for the LUK its a good clutch for a stock daily driver.

 

Centerforce are way too expensive, LUK makes an awesome clutch that are designed for hard use like towing and off-roading.
Fordman, yes you can, look on the dial-a-clutch site for the luk pro gold, and I would also opt for the 11" clutch

 

A complete Luk kit is around 135-140 for stock but the best option is the pro gold kit which is 195.00. The pro gold is an 11" heavy duty unit designed for the offroaders and towers. The centerforce unit is more or less a reman Luk. As mentioned above someone bought a centerforce and the pressure plate was Luk's. Centerforce paints the cover and runs a dual friction lined disc. These kits usually are in excess of 300 plus you have to buy the bearings. The Luk pro gold kit will do everything the centerforce will do and it is half the cost. I not only deal with the stock trucks but I also do a tremendous business in the performance clutches for both cars and trucks including the sled pullers. Unless you are highly modified or plan on doing some extreme things such as sled pull the pro gold is all you need.

 

I believe Luk makes OEM clutch components for Ford anyway, is that correct? I got a clutch from the Ford dealer for my sister's Mustang, and it had Luk stamped on it.

 

Luk is now OE in most domestic vehicles.

 

I can't recommend the Centerforce Dual Friction clutch setup. What they do is take another manufacture's clutch and add their centrifugal weights, and put their sticker over the name. I put their Dual Friction set up on a newly built stout smallblock in my Corvette. I noticed a vibration at high rpms. I went thru everything in the drivetrain. The vibration remained. To my thinking, it had to be the new motor as I had eliminated everything else. I talked to the shop that built the motor. He said no way. The motor was balanced when they built it. He then asked me what brand clutch I was running. When I told him, he said that was what was causing the vibration. They refuse to install Centerforce Dual Friction clutches because the clutch will never perfectly balance on their balance machine. And it makes sense. They go to all the trouble to balance the engine, add and subtracting weight here and there only for you to stick a clutch with a bunch of movable weights on the end of it? Sure they are "supposed" to center but I'm here to tell you that on mine it did not. When I pulled the trans and bell housing, I immediately saw the problem. The ring with the weights had shifted and stuck to one side causing the imbalance and vibration. I installed a McLeod clutch setup and the vibration was gone and she revs right up there. Funny thing is many people swear by them and don't have problems but I sure did. And I've installed many clutch setups over the years. The basic concept of having a bunch of moveable weights hanging off the end of your crank just doesn't sit well with me. And I won't even get into the the rudeness I ran into when I called Centerforce's tech line. Later, Charles