Heavy pedal feel...more force needed to push the diaphragm, more force pushing against the thrust bearing.
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Heavy pedal feel...more force needed to push the diaphragm, more force pushing against the thrust bearing.
The other risk to a very heavy plate is that it leads to thrust bearing wear. I've pulled apart two motors that had the thrust bearings and the crank heavily damaged that had heavy plates in them.
With a heavy plate, what puts the engagement so far towards the floor is all the slack and flex in the cable, the cable mounting, the rubber grommets, etc. You step on the clutch pedal and before it...