Who are the engineers that produce the “Sure Shift” clutches?
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D&W Clutch of Baltimore, Maryland is the home of the clever engineers with a mission to produce the highest quality clutch possible. They are doing it by using advanced manufacturing principles such as work cells to achieve the highest efficiency and productivity. They are using advanced quality control principles that measure and document the achievement of close tolerances at every stage of production. It is a company with the most comprehensive offering of clutch products in the U.S.
D&W has been competing with Eaton head-on since 2008. They began much earlier by remanufacturing clutches and are committed to improving their product by learning from every warranty question or claim that they ever hear. They are a modern company that is continuously improving. |
How do Sure Shift clutches compare to other replacement clutches?
| Sure Shift | Eaton | Ace | |||||
| OE Springs | X | X | X | ||||
| OE Friction Materials | X | X | |||||
| Coarse Thread Adjuster Rings | X | X | |||||
| Unlimited Mileage Waranty | X | X | |||||
| Sealed Release Bearing | X | X | |||||
| 2 grease fittings* (Mack requirement) | X | ||||||
| The "Beast" of all clutches with 2250 lb torque rating | X | ||||||
* Note Eaton has responded to the improvements made in Sure Shift clutches by copying them in their current "Advanced" Easy Pedal for OE market. The most recent Easy Pedal design STILL lacks the sealed release bearing and a model with 2250 lb torque rating.
How does a small company out-engineer a large company like Eaton?
Start by adopting the ideas of conservative, common-sense engineers.“Sure Shift” clutches were not designed by “Six Sigma Blackbelts” but just a few “Keep-it-Simple” engineers. Beginning in 2008 the Easy Pedal clutch was no longer protected by patent and D&W seized the opportunity to produce a new clutch based on the very reliable Easy Pedal design. They started by using the friction material and other components that already had the most success and they purchased components from nothing less than OE suppliers who typically are ISO 9000 and QS 9000 certified.
The clever engineers then went back in time to the already-proven coarse threaded internal adjusting ring to replace Eaton’s fine threaded ring and virtually eliminate seized ring problems They asked some obvious questions and changed the ends of the dampening springs to make them less abrasive and create less wear. They changed the shape of the dampening spring window to create less spring distortion. By increasing the life of the dampening springs and keeping the original friction material, they increased the life of the clutch discs by 30%.
Finally they assemble the components in a way that insures 100% accuracy and zero defects when our customer takes it out of the box.
American Ingenuity Triumphs Again
The clever engineers then went back in time to the already-proven coarse threaded internal adjusting ring to replace Eaton’s fine threaded ring and virtually eliminate seized ring problems They asked some obvious questions and changed the ends of the dampening springs to make them less abrasive and create less wear. They changed the shape of the dampening spring window to create less spring distortion. By increasing the life of the dampening springs and keeping the original friction material, they increased the life of the clutch discs by 30%.
Finally they assemble the components in a way that insures 100% accuracy and zero defects when our customer takes it out of the box.
American Ingenuity Triumphs Again
