"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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Stupendous Man wrote:
The cork clutches are supposed to run dry? I restored a 1912 Thomas Flyer
that had a cork clutch in an oil bath.

I don't even know what a Thomas Flyer is, and I think these clutches are
not really cork, but some sort of synthetic.

Procunier says to only lube the gears very sparingly, to keep it off the
clutch.

Jon
Hudson automobiles and many British motorcycles of the '50's used cork
clutches in an oil bath. I have recorked many Triumph clutches. So oily cork
does a useful coefficient of friction although it is lower than dry cork.

Don Young