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> The roller bearing that I had experience with may be different than what
is
> available now, as I used it in the late eighties, early nineties. The
> actual bearing was made by "Green Bearing Co." I bought it through a
> supplier that is no longer in business. The carrier is a high temp
> composite plastic. While that gave me cause to be worried, in real life
it
> lasted just fine. My experience with the carbon bearings was that they
> would crumble, wear down or fall apart about the same time the rest of the
> clutch was toast also. If those of you who have had carbon bearings fail,
> examine all the other parts carefully, and you will probably notice that
the
> friction surface is almost to the rivets, one or more fingers between the
> spline and the friction surface will be cracked, and one or more of the
> chatter springs will probably also be broken. My opinion, GO 5-SPEED!!!
> David Riker
> 74 Midget
> 63 Falcon
> 70 Torino
> http://home.pacbell.net/davriker
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Knisely" <mdknisely@hotmail.com>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Roller T/O bearing
>
>
> > > What does the List think of roller versus carbon t/o bearing?
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