Drive assembly including a damper and clutch plate subassembly and method of forming drive assemblies

A method of forming a drive assembly comprising:

• fixing a plurality of support segments to at least one clutch facing;
• fixing radially inner portions of the support segments to an extender;
• and
• fixing the extender to a damper cover plate.

A method of forming a plurality of drive assemblies comprising:

• providing a set of subassemblies of a same design, each of the subassemblies including at least one clutch facing and at least one support segment supporting the at least one clutch facing, the at least one support segment including an outer radial portion fixed to the at least one clutch facing and an inner radial portion extending radially inward from the outer radial portion;
• fixing each subassembly of a first subset of the subassemblies to one of plurality of first cover plates, each of the subassemblies of the first subset being fixed to the respective first cover plate via a respective extender;
• and
• fixing each subassembly of a second subset of the subassemblies to one of plurality of second cover plates, the second cover plates having a design different than the first cover plates.