Clutch hub bearing plate. Springs or clips.

['58zombie]

I found that the bearing plate on my clutch has the retainer clips and a friend of mine told me he remembers he has them with springs. Can they be switched?,the springs look easier to work with, what year[s] are they?

[Sargehere]

I found that the bearing plate on my clutch has the retainer clips and a friend of mine told me he remembers he has them with springs. Can they be switched?,the springs look easier to work with, what year[s] are they?

You're not being sufficiently specific, Zombie. What year clutch are you talking about, 1958? The Clutch Hub Bearing Plate goes back to the start of that clutch, anyway, 1941. The Hub Bearing Plate is PN 37576-41 by the 1951 re-numbering. The springs are likewise PN 37574-44. The clips, (old) 2474-41, only lasted a couple of years, and they weren't so hot, so were replaced with the springs early-on.

You can even throw the springs away away and install a "Tamer" in their place, which is basically an eighth-inch plastic plate shaped much like the Clutch Hub Bearing Plate, and takes up the space behind the first clutch friction disc better, reduces clutch drum wobble, and usually makes the clutch work better. Hope this helps!

['58zombie]

Clutch hub bearing plate, Springs or clips

From Palmer, the year[s] are clip retainer plates were used between '41-'43 and springs '44-'84, so to be specific, I would guess this clutch [3 studs] was built between '41-'43 since it has a retainer plate with clips, [the exact year I do not know] and the year[s] are not really the point of the question, the point of the question is this;
Are the retainer plates of those two designs [springs/clips] interchangeable, meaning, can I remove the retainer with the clips['41-'43] and replace it with a retainer plate with springs['44-84] [under the assumption that my clutch was built between '41-'43] and get the same results.[ with a spring '44-'84 design]

Where can I find a "tamer", the plate I have is plastic
and has the letters A,B,C by the studs and the word "RETAINER".
Is the "tamer" held to the studs with something?

[Sargehere]

To answer your question, the springs are a drop in. The springs just were designed to take up the slack behind the first friction plate when the clutch is disengaged, when the clutch pack is allowed to expand, taking pressure off the clutch hub and the clutch drum.

If you have a plastic plate in there already, it may be the Tamer. Is it about 1/8th inch thick, with big hole in the center and ten holes for the studs? That's all you need. The clips are obsolete, and the Tamer replaces the three little coil springs that came out in 1944 to replace them.
How does it work? Do you have a "chatter" when disengaging the clutch? That's the symptom supposed to be cured by the Tamer. Hope this helps!