Re: [T3] lubricating a throw out bearing

[phil cain <bearsvw2000@yahoo.com>]

--- Jason Albert <uluafish@attbi.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
>      What Phil is saying is correct. If your bearing
> is making noise at all,
> it really should just be replaced. Oil is just a
> short term solution. My '69
> throwout bearing kept making aweful noises and the
> metal ring on the
> pressure plate side kept jumping out of it's
> retaining springs. I thought my
> bearing was just out of allignment and replaced my
> bearing-fork mechanism
> and all the little clips and sleeves, etc. but it
> didn't change a thing even
> though it appeared to be perfectly alligned. I
> finally concluded that it was
> a bent pressure plate (?). I had a '71 tranny as a
> spare and swapped it in.
> The '71 uses a guiding sleeve and works much better.
> Of course, it also uses
> a different pressure plate. Works just fine for me
> now.
> 
> Jason Albert
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phil cain" <bearsvw2000@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [T3] lubricating a throw out bearing
> 
> 
> > Wouldn't it be bad to go to all that trouble and
> find
> > out that the sealed bearings are making the noise
> and
> > not the plastic facing on the throw out bearing.
> the
> > engine can be pulled and put back in before you
> can
> > get the hole drilled in the transmission case.I
> have
> > seen this done(3/8 hole and oil) and it never
> seemed
> > to stop the noise for very long.  Phil
> >
> >
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