Its not actually 2 gears. It's basically a spline interface with the cover so there's no slippage or shearing a keyway there's no room for.Why do centrifugal clutches have two gears instead of one? There's the one that you put the chain on, and then there's another one near the drum itself. What's that about?? Attached below is a reference image.
That's not accurate at all. I pulled a few MaxTorque SS's off, and they have all a 2 snap ring assembly, one outside to hold the the cover on the hub and flyweights, one inside the cover to hold the gear in its splined seat.The one in your picture in a china single gear sprocket, can tell by the snap ring.
Semantics dude, a ring clip is a f★ckin ring clip regardless. Sorry I didn't specify the exact and precise clip type. The ones I chucked in the scrap were all genuine, IDGAF because ALL centrifugal clutches are garbage off the race track, and I'm not about that upity BSHate to tell you, our outside snap ring on a Max-Torque does NOT have the ears on it to snag things. The Max-Torque uses the Rotor Clip "SHI". EVERYTHING in and on the clutch is American made. The other tell tale sign is the drum has 6 holes and the dust cover on the inside has 6 holes, the china knock offs has 8 holes on the inside dust cover so when you look at the knocks off you cannot line the outside holes with the inside holes so then you know you have the copy.
I suspected as much, doesn't change my opinion on the hilliard style centrifugal clutches, doesn't change the fact he basically said they weren't held together ring clips when they are... just because it's a different style.RLS, Jim is the owner, designer, chief cook of Max-Torque. He should know how his clutches are made. He did engineer them after all.