I used a ball-type pilot bearing once - lasted about 100 miles before
needing replacement. Got destroyed most likely from mis-alignment. Have
since gone back to carbon type.
Siegfried
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Louis & Laila [mailto:bwana@c2i2.com]
|Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 1:28 AM
|To: william.lewis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
|Cc: alpines@autox.team.net
|Subject: Re: dieseling
|
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|It has been my experience that the carbon ring bearing is in
|contact with
|the clutch at all times. This isn't a real big problem, but
|leads to faster
|wear. Since it is just a friction fit, it doesn't matter if
|the darn thing
|is perfectly in line with the clutch. I had a ball bearing on
|mine for a
|while, and it made a little contact. The problem is that the
|Sunbeam bearing
|isn't centralized on the transmission pilot bearing/retainer
|cover like it
|is on other cars. The bearing makes contact wherever it rests.
|It spins on
|one edge one time and another the next. To quiet it down, I
|put a return
|spring on the slave cylinder. That solved the noise problem.
|After a while,
|the bearing rubbing in different places eventually wore out
|the surface on
|the clutch. I have since went back to the carbon bearing, quit
|riding the
|clutch, resolved myself to change it when it goes bad, and
|haven't had a
|problem since. Lou
|
|----- Original Message -----
|> The release ball bearning doesn't need to be run-in, so I'm not sure
|> where that noise is coming from. I haven't used anything but
|the carbon
|> ring type, so I not that experienced about the noise problem.
|> Jan
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