On my 1975 850 I was forever taking the bronze clutch plates out to clean as they constantly stuck. I replaced them with Surflex fibre plates and a new clutch center 20 years ago and added a extra steel filler plate . Nice smooth action and no sticking issues .Yes .
But I'm considering going back to the original 850 bronze plates clutch.
Fiber plates are sticking a bit too much .
Never had any problems with running the bronze plates with the belt the only problem was they bite a bit quicker, so had to get use to a quick bite of the plates and only had that problem when taking off in first, other than that the clutch worked great, I ran the RGM belt drive unit.Interesting that CNW does not recommend bronze clutch plates on their belt drives.
Interesting that CNW does not recommend bronze clutch plates on their belt drives.
Probably the best reason to use the Barnett clutch plates is the weight reduction. According to gortnipper, they weigh approximately 1/3 the bronze plates.I'll give the bronze plates a try. If not satisfied it doesn't require much teardown to replace them.