Anyone Stateside stocking the Gunst bearing kits yet? Nelson?
Dave Friedlander
CF25194UO
Tim Holbrook wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
>
> The research has been done Jim. Check out the Buckeye Triumphs
> website. Nelson Riedel, Dick Taylor, and some of the other listers did
> a lot of work getting to the bottom of this problem. It's got nothing
> to do with how one drives the car or uses the clutch. There was a huge
> quality issue with the standard issue throwout bearings a few years
> back (I went through several bearings in just one summer), which is why
> TRF and others started selling the Toyota bearing instead. However,
> there may be issues with this one too - it works well (ie: doesn't
> collapse like the regular grade replacement bearing), but doesn't spin
> when unloaded, so it tends to eat through the clutch fingers. The new
> Gunst bearing and carrier seems to be the solution.
>
> For those of you who have tons of miles on your clutch, that's because
> you've got good quality parts, not because you drive your car better
> than the rest of us. I don't "ride" my clutch, but my car went through
> several bearings in just a couple of months. It was because of a poor
> product. We all know that replacement parts today are not of the right
> quality many times (snycros, engine bearings, etc). So when your good
> quality clutches go eventually, you are going to have to be very
> careful of what parts you use to replace them with. In the meantime,
> be glad you've got the good old parts!
>
> Tim Holbrook
> 1971 TR6
>
> --- Jim Swarthout <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > From: "Jim Swarthout" <jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: RE: TRF magic clutch kit
> > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:41:57 -0500
> >
> > To the list,
> >
> > Please forgive my ignorance!
> >
> > Until my recent purchase...I had not owned a TR-6 for over 10 years.
> >
> > I closed my shop 12 years ago.
> >
> > I never had any problems with release bearings!
> >
> > I changed many clutches for customers...and not one came back!
> >
> > Nothing could be simpler, (by design), than a clutch release bearing!
> >
> > If this is truly a problem, then I would suggest we all attempt to
> > find
> > out why!
> >
> > This must be an obvious blunder on the part of the manufacturer!
> >
> > Considering the amount of labor that is required to change the
> > release
> > bearing, I would have been highly irritated at having to repeatedly
> > replace release bearings for good customers.
> >
> > Answers to these questions are never a mystery...there must be an
> > obvious reason why these bearings are failing.
> >
> > Jim Swarthout
>
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