My bearing was a "green " bearing. I picked it up at the Emerald
necklace, austin healey show in Cleveland
this past May. I wished mine had the Iron case, but now I'm not so sure !
Are the "pins" the only place your bearing was bad ?
Maybe bronze bushings retrofitted, would make it last longer .
Sounds like a return spring on the clutch fork would do the trick as an
alternative "spring kit".
I still don't know what to think about the "pin" wear.
Do Carbon bearings have this problem too ?
john.kahoon@juno.com
71 midget
On Sun, 6 Sep 1998 09:39:43 EDT RJohn50603@aol.com writes:
>John,
>
>>>Did your bearing have a "plastic/composite " housing, mine does. my
>big
>concerne is the heat generated by
>the constant pressure. I also have never heard of the " spring kit "
>what
>is it supposed to do ?<<
>
>No, the throwout bearing casing is case iron. That's why I couldn't
>hardly
>believe the wear I saw.
>
>Yours had plastic? I would also be concerned abou the heat. Where did
>you get
>it?
>
>The spring kit apparently pulls back on the fork to ensure that the
>face of
>the bearing is not in contact with the pressure plate when the peddle
>is not
>being depressed. I assume it mounts on the outside. Maybe someone else
>can
>tell us more about it. It would seem that any style bearing would fail
>sooner
>if in constant contact with the pressure plate.
>
>R. Johnson - Dallas
>
>
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