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Originally Posted by liveoz
Basically the main difference in the bad plate and the good plate is the way the springs secured and enclosed. Although these are not the oem plates, you can see how the one with the exposed springs can be a problem. When it fails, that spring which is actually pretty heavy, goes flying around at 4000 RPM, The Bell housing has no chance. On the upgraded plates, the springs are encased, so even if it does fail (which is extremely rare), the spring will not be able to wreck havok.
I restate, that this should have been a recall, the potential for someone to get hurt or killed is remote but possible. The potential for significant damage is already proven. The newer design used by Inmar seems to be a lot more bullet proof.
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My '98 Mastercraft Maristar (LT1/Hurth v-drive) had a dampner plate with the exposed springs like those pictures, there were small cracks in the corners of the 'windows' the springs are in.
The replacement dampner plate did not have any springs in it at all, it has 4 metal pucks, each puck has a hard black bumper on one side, and the other side has a bumper that is semi-transparent, looks like a skateboard wheel. Sorry no pics of the pucks, but here is what the plate looks like (this is the entire dampner plate, not just the center of it!) : (thanks SkiDIM)
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