Stihl 075/076 Clutch

[Roger075]

The clutch on my 075 lost the fiber pad on one of the shoes. I found another clutch from an 076 that's in pretty good shape but there aren't any fiber pads on any of the shoes. The OD of this 076 clutch is the same as the diameter of the 075 clutch including the shoes.

Did Stihl make clutches for these saws both with and without shoes?

Thanks,
Roger

 

[Ted Jenkins]

I have both 075, 076, 070. It does not matter what type you have in that they all will work. Depending on the year the material is the same as braking lining. The newer ones or after market often have kevlar material. I have seen plain cast aluminum clutches with out lining, but never knew for sure whether they were worn or intended as plain. Anyway it does not matter because clutches are easy to replace. Thanks

 

[alexcagle]

I have used lacquer thinner to clean the oil off them (delaminated shoe material), and then used high temp loctite epoxy to reattach them to the spider before. A year later it was still on there.

 

[alexcagle]

They make TS760 cutoff saws with all steel clutches, but they have the same OD as a shoed one.
Those aftermarket chinese clutches will work fine, as long as the crap springs last.

 

[Roger075]

Thanks for your replies. I hadn't even considered trying to attach the pad that came off.

This clutch seems to have steel shoes which just fit inside the drum. I was concerned about having the steel shoes slipping on the steel drum but I guess they were designed that way.

Roger

 

[Ted Jenkins]

Most saws do not spend much time slipping so not to worry clutches can last many years of heavy use with out any padding. Thanks

 

[Roger075]

Thanks for the reassurance.

The metal pads are new to me since all of the saws that I've owned have had fiber covered shoes and my next project with this saw is to mill a 44" diameter white fir into slabs.

 

[Ted Jenkins]

I have always had trouble getting rid of White Fir. A guy I know has been asking if I have any for carving tables out of them. This just came up a couple of weeks ago. It looks OK to me, but when wet it does not last long. Thanks