Bandit02
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15.5" Eaton solo clutches are dual disk. I installed about a jillion of them at Freightliner throughout the years, good for 2250 tq. They're made to run exclusively with hydro. Never seen them run with any other setup. The Eaton easy pedal clutches all ran with mechanical linkage, from what I've seen with 10 years at a dealership.I'll just stick the shifter handle out the back window.
I have more homework, the Eaton Solo clutch may not be a single disk like I thought, which may be OK. Also something about hydraulic and self adjusting play or don't play well together?
The solo problem was they stopped self adjusting after awhile and the clutch would create more then 1/2" between the clutch brake and the throw-out bearing, making it harder over time to get into gear. Solo's adjust when you clutch in on them with normal use, most truckers don't clutch except for 1st/2nd gear & reverse so the mass majority I replaced under warranty had less then 100k miles on them. You can manually reset the clutch so it can adjust again but 99% of the time it was seized anyways. Solo's have a wear indicator so if you keep with regular inspection you can kinda predict the end-of-life of the clutch.
Easy-pedal vs. solo the easy is way cheaper.
One thing too, replacing a 1 piece clutch brake with a solo/hydro setup is a PITA, use a 2 piece