- Sep 12, 2017
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Last winter I rebuilt my t5. In addition to the transmission i replaced the clutch with a luk and had the flywheel resurfaced. I also replaced the bearing retainer with a steel one and did the input shaft. Before the rebuild the clutch was fine, if a little stiff.
However since the rebuild i have been eating through throwout bearings. One luk, one cheap oreilly bearing, and now I'm on a timken bearing which is starting to make quite a bit of noise. When the first two bearings broke it was at the collar. At the last trans r/r i decided to replace the ball stud and fork which were quite worn.
Now the thing i have realized is the t/o bearing doesn't even contact the diaphragm springs until about halfway through the fork travel. In fact it is so far up the clutch doesn't disengage until the tob is partway past the bearing retainer.
I believe that is why i broke the first two bearings. The question is why is this happening? Could it be a combination of factors? And what can i do to remedy the situation?
Auxiliary info: i took a look at the luk compared to the original clutch (ford racing i believe) and it was a good 1/4 inch shorter than the ford clutch.
However since the rebuild i have been eating through throwout bearings. One luk, one cheap oreilly bearing, and now I'm on a timken bearing which is starting to make quite a bit of noise. When the first two bearings broke it was at the collar. At the last trans r/r i decided to replace the ball stud and fork which were quite worn.
Now the thing i have realized is the t/o bearing doesn't even contact the diaphragm springs until about halfway through the fork travel. In fact it is so far up the clutch doesn't disengage until the tob is partway past the bearing retainer.
I believe that is why i broke the first two bearings. The question is why is this happening? Could it be a combination of factors? And what can i do to remedy the situation?
Auxiliary info: i took a look at the luk compared to the original clutch (ford racing i believe) and it was a good 1/4 inch shorter than the ford clutch.