What is everyones thoughts on Thunder products Go Rings and Glide washers?

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Joe.G

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Hi, I was wondering what everyone thought about Go rings and Glide washers for the primary clutches?


DO they require a weight change or spring change?
Do they work well?
I notice the rings do allow side to side movement of the pin and weight a slight bit.


Pros and cons of these items, Thanks

 

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Joe.G said:

Hi, I was wondering what everyone thought about Go rings and Glide washers for the primary clutches?


DO they require a weight change or spring change?
Do they work well?
I notice the rings do allow side to side movement of the pin and weight a slight bit.


Pros and cons of these items, Thanks

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Looked at website … Are these only for ARCTIC CAT?

 

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I honestly don't know, I am assuming if your clutch is set up like the cat clutch with the o rings they would work.

 

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I'm not sure about the Go Ring but the Glide washers help make the clutches run (work) smoother. No weight change is required since the Glide washer is under the spring (in the center) and not on the ramps / weights. They do change the spring stiffness a little but I didn't find that it was worth trying to find a different spring.

Dano. :face-icon-small-coo

 

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Glide washers let the springs not catch on the aluminum. They work great for spring bind. Helps spring life and runs smoother. They raise engagement ~50rpm per one. I usually use one behind each end of the primary spring. Been running them for about 10 years. Even just one in the clutch cover helps.

 

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I found that the glide washers allow the primary to shift faster, lowering peak rpm all things equal. This is not a bad thing, but was not turn key in my experience on my polaris 800's

 

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Does Thunder Products still make them? I can only find the slick shift washers on Indy Specialties.

 

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Thunder Products the original company has sold to two Guys who I believe had been working with thunder products clutch Dept for a while, If you go on Thunder products website there is a link to the New thunder products clutch company, I did order from the new company as well as the old and everything appears to be the same.

 

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SLP also sells them. Their version is called the "Delrin Washer"

Per SLP's website:
SLP recommends only 1 Delrin Washer be used. If more than one washer is used it can affect spring rate as well as make the spring reach coil bind leading to poor top speed.

 

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I personally wouldn't do Delrin washers in the primary. I do use one Delrin washer in the secondary though on Polaris sleds behind the spring cup. The Thunder products glide washers are metal and will hold up a lot better in the primary.

 

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In my 800 I put the BikeMen 2 of them between the spring and spider, They are really thin and is what the recommend and I used the Go Rings



http://bikemanperformance.com/snowm...-smooth-shift-primary-washer-2-od-1-5-id.html


On my ZR 4000/500 I put one Glide washer from Thunder products between spring and spider which is what Lonn from Thunder recommends. and I also used the Go Rings.


Indy Dan rebuild a primary for me and he also used a Slick washer in the rebuild.