Strange feeling in the...

[tompumped]

I posted about shonut earlier in the thread. I guess you just ignore my posts.

I was reading on beck arnley's website last night because I wanted to see where they are manufactured. They are made in China with german metal, in an iso9002 certified facility.
Who knows maybe they are good? At that price you can't go wrong.

 

[boat]

Sorry about ignoring your post about SHONUT. Sometimes I don't completely read through things and just kinda scan through. I didn't remember that you put that in there. Thank you for pointing that out, I need to read more carefully.

I posted about shonut earlier in the thread. I guess you just ignore my posts.

I was reading on beck arnley's website last night because I wanted to see where they are manufactured. They are made in China with german metal, in an iso9002 certified facility.
Who knows maybe they are good? At that price you can't go wrong.

 

[boat]

How did I not see them? Its called being in a hurry at work, taking just a few minutes to accomplish the order. I have a lot going on, and sometimes, I see "obsolete" I disregard it, thinking in that case, probably is not available through them.

The name in itself threw me off, as I read it fast yesterday, and just now realized it was the same thing. My life is . I want it to slow down. I miss more things that way.

The bushings are the same that he sent... you can even see those part numbers on his site. How did you not find them.. lol

 

[boat]

Working on changing the clutch...

In pulling the transmission earlier today, Storm found a slightly uneven wear pattern on the pressure plate fingers. If you will look at the image below, you'll see that there is a slight groove in the diaphram fingers at the bottom-right half, and smooth wear of the fingers at the top-left.

Additionally, the wear pattern is slightly offset, as if the throwout bearing was not centered against the pressure plate fingers, but riding "low". The throwout bearing spins very freely, and some noise can be heard in the bearing. There is minor side-to-side play in the throwout bearing (relative to the input shaft). The bearing is a Rev A bearing, the play appears to be due excess space between the aluminum housing and the bearing, and there is wear to the aluminum housing the throwout bearing rides on.

So the question is, is the pressure plate good-to-go and simply throw in a new Rev B throwout bearing? Or change the entire clutch?

 

[Toolman]

Someone put the newer style TOB on without putting the shaft 'cover' on, at least that is what it sounds like you are describing. If the shaft has any wear like you mention, you will for sure want to find the shaft 'cover' (whatever it is called) so that your TOB slides smoothly along the shaft.

 

[Storm-Chaser]

The throwout bearing is definitely a Rev. A throwout bearing. The following BCA numbers are stamped right on the face of the tob:

614060

BCA FC-01338C
​

That's "Rev. A" (original OEM style).

Also, the vehicle had a Ford OEM Valeo unit in it, and the flywheel had not been resurfaced - you can see sandpaper marks on portions of the surface where someone had tried to "dress" the surface by hand. The small plastic pin that is (suppose) to hold the throwout bearing in place also appeared to be original OEM. The entire head of the retainer pin had been sheared-off by wear.

 

[St Louis SHO]

That pin only holds the TOB during installation, after that it doesnt mean anything.

That PP is JUNK. Throw it away.