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wristpin Sat, 15/08/2015

Does anyone work on current Ransomes machines?

Today got asked to look at a one year old Marquis that had lost drive. The answer was simple, the three cap screws connecting the top shaft to what the parts list describes as the Torque Clutch had dropped out and were lying in the casing - a simple fix.! 

What is the Torque clutch? It sits where the centrifugal clutch would be on an older Marquis. , is considerably smaller in diameter , is only shown as a "lump" in the parts list - no internal detail  - and is priced at £435.63+vat! 

I'm curious !

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hillsider Sat, 15/08/2015

At that sort of cost so would I be curious , maybe it is now a sealed lump to prevent folk putting the clutch shoes in the wrong way round.

 

 

wristpin Sat, 15/08/2015

Well , behind the scenes Hillsider has done some research and it would appear to be a heavy duty multi shoe centrifugal clutch along the lines of a chainsaw chain clutch - probably made in the USA . Will need to be something pretty special to justify the price though!