12AM37 R & D Marine Engine Damper Drive Plate

Fitted between the boat engine and the gearbox input shaft, a damper drive plate is designed to transmit the engine power to the gearbox, whilst reducing transmitted gear noise and providing a cushioned drive when selecting gear. All R and D Damper Drive plates include a 'failsafe' design.

Also called the Driven Plate, Damper Plate or Clutch Plate, the 12AM37 Damper Drive Plate is from the R and D High Deflection element range. Common applications for the 12AM37 drive plate include Ford or Mitsubishi engines mated to a PRM Delta gearbox subject to flywheel dimensions.

R & D 12AM37 drive plate technical details:

- Spline: 17 teeth 24/48DP (19.7mm diameter) for Newage PRM Delta gearbox.

- Diameter of drive plate back plate which bolts to the engine flywheel: 266.7 mm (10.5")

- Back plate fixing holes: This is a multi-punched drive plate back plate offering the following fixing holes: 12 x 8.1 on 222.3mm PCD: 6 x 8.1 on 244.5mm PCD spaced in 3 groups of 2 apart 23°59'07, 12 x 8.1 on 246mm PCD and 12 x 8.1 on 242mm PCD

- Drive plate maximum thickness: 32mm (1.25")

Fitted with the softer type AM high deflection element for 135Nm 100 ft lb torque, providing a maximum deflection up to 30 degrees. This type of drive plate is especially suited to workboats with slow speed applications & pleasure boats. Note that this type of damper drive plate can only be fitted to rotate in the standard direction of rotation (anti-clockwise when looking at the flywheel) with the drive plate element facing the gearbox. These damper plates are also failsafe.

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