Does a 68 Jeep V6 have the 3 finger or multiple finger clutch??

The three finger is the Borg & Beck style. The multiple is the Diaphragm type. I use the diaphragm in my 69, but I'm not sure it makes much difference.

 

I pulled the 3 finger type out and replaced it with the diaphram type, but everything came in the kit. I thought that they all worked the same and had the same placement of the TO bearing :?

 

Yeah I think the dia... have a smoother operation to them than the B&B style.

 

hey... from what i remember timmy telling me back when i was throuwing everything together the throwout bearings will not take kindly to the opposite pressure plate. so, if you have a three finger you need the three finger throwout, and vice versa. i could be wrong though, but that's what i remember people telling me. that and something about sparks flying all over the place (might be a different subject).

now then, if that's the case... which kinda of plate is your hydrolic TO bearing supposed to work with??

 

sorry man, i read it as saying you bought the three finger. i'm tying to work on this whole "reading" thing.

 

I believe the diaphram style used the "rounded" face t/o brg
whereas the finger type used the "square" faced t/o brg
I like the diaphram type; easier to operate IMO

 

Dan: Not much help, but mine has the Centerforce dia. type in it. PO put it in in 2/'02. Works fine. Never had it out and hope I don't have to too soon.

 

I had the diaphram style up until about three years ago. Dove into a "puddle", lost forward MO' mentum & threw it into reverse. Almost got out, but not quite, so I went forward/reverse again. All the rotton woody debris in that puddle got into the fulcrum part of the diaphram holding the diaphram off of the disc. Basiacally I was stuck with no clutch. Tried washing it out, no go. Towed it home, power washed it, no go. Pulled the dam-n thing apart, & used a coat hanger & a lever with it clapmed to the work bench to remove the crap one "pedal" at a time. It happened to be fairly new so there was no need to replace it. It worked fine until it happened again the following year. Now I use the supposedly inferior 3 finger type with no problems yet. The more open design lets all that crap pass on thru instead of trapping it.