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ok, i got a 2005 regular cab Gmc Sierra with the 4.8L V8 and the NV3500 manual 5 speed transmission, I have a few moods install maybe 3 or 4 month ago like stage 3 cam long tube headders, street tune with hp tuners, i got this truck as a second owner in 2007 with 50,000 miles and never change the clutch, she has now 173,000 and yesterday my clutch went out, gone. Can someone point me in the right dirrecction of a good, affordable clutch i was thinking stage 1 or 2 the most there so many out there but not good reviews... Thank you!!!

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South Bend is pretty big in the diesel world:

 

2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 South Bend Clutch K04232-HD-O South Bend Clutch Stage 2 Daily Driver Clutch Kits | Summit Racing

 

"South Bend Clutch Stage 2 Daily Driver clutch kits are engineered for vehicles with HP modifications.  South Bend Clutch Stage 2 Daily Driver clutch kits are recommended for daily performance, street, and moderate race vehicles. "

 

Diesels = high torque so good clutches, especially modified are necessary.  

 

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I bet you can get a pretty good heavy duty clutch at NAPA, Eaton makes good clutches. Used to be a clutch called "Rev-Loc"; I think they became "Center Force". They put little weights on the fingers of the clutch (where the throw out bearing contacts the pressure plate) the theory being the centripetal force was increased with the weights to make the clutch engage with greater force that could be produced a diaphragm type clutch spring (works like  the bottom of an old style oil can); I say this only because I have seen this type of clutch with the weights used on a GM product. Chrysler used to use coil springs, I think Ford used to use diaphragm style springs but am unsure what's going on nowadays. 

When I was in the service in Vehicle Maintenance the M-35 trucks (6 X 6) used a a clutch plate that wasn't like a disk but more like petals of a flower, I see that's still considered the last word in heavy dutiness.

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