I'm on my Third Clutch replacement now because of the wear I get on the trans. bearing support sleeve where the throwout bearing slides. The clutches and pressure plates are fine, just the bearing retainer sleeve wears out where the throwout bearing slides. It gets progressively stiffer and sticky until you can hardly push the clutch pedal down at all. Lately it's been sticking on release too so sometimes it grabs like you've been rearended by a truck! This stuff has ALL been replaced with brand new parts each time I've been in there. Anybody else having this much fun or know of a brand of throwout bearing that won't chew the aluminum sleeve up and get sticky? No problems with the 5.0's, they have a steel sleeve, but it won't fit the 4 Cyl. transmission. I'd like to plant my foot in the ass of the guy that decided to use aluminum for that bearing sleeve!
DOH! Gimme' a break, I'm passing a Brain Stone! I'll have to go see if I can get the other one rubbed out.
yep must have abundant amounts of grease; I prefer to use moly grease in brake and clutch applications
make sure your cable isnt too tight, it may be riding the clutch bearing as you drive. get a firewall adjuster and back it off a bit. Dr.
It's all new stuff ! New front bearing retainer on the trans and a brand new throwout bearing that came with the clutch from ZOOM. I used just a small amount of teflon synth. grease on the inside hole of the throwout bearing. The inside of this one has a PLASTIC sleeve in it that rides on that aluminum tube and it looks like it's starting to eat it up. I guess if I have to pull it out again I'll rebuild my old SVO transmission cause it has a steel front sleeve like the 5.0's got.
get a steel throwout bearing to go in there if you take it apart. The automatic cable slack adjuster is SUPPOSED to make the bearing ride agaisnt the clutch.
