OK, this seems like a good time to ask this question. I have always
wondered what's the big deal with hydraulic throw out bearings. I have
to assume the only people messing with them are doing so because of
running exotic clutches.
While I would love to have even less rotating mass bolted to the back of
the flywheel, the stock clutch system I am using now works quite well
and the cost was right. Sure, the flywheel was expensive and I splurged
on that lightened ring gear uncle jack did, but I got the rotating mass
pretty light.
IMHO, the whole exotic clutch/hydraulic throw out bearing scenario seems
pricy, overly complicated and I don't like the idea of putting the
hydraulics IN the bellhousing. Trackside R&R of the gearbox to fix a
leaky slave cylinder? Ouch.
And the thought of this in a street car where you need to pull the
interior to get to the gearbox... No thanks!
-----Original Message-----
From: m-syork@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:55 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [FOT] Clutch slave cylinder
This is a little off subject but, has anyone tried Herman Van Den
Akker's hydraulic throw out bearing? In a racing application? It seems
like it would clean things up a bit on the left side of the motor with
the oil filter, sandwich for remote oil cooler, oil lines, distributor,
and the slave cylinder.
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