On mine (I had several die back-to-back due to the "bad lot" of
bearings), the bearing fell apart, causing a huge amount of play in the
bearing assembly. This results in the bearing not spinning smoothly,
and it makes a ton of noise. You can't miss it!
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- "R. Ashford Little II" <ralittle2@mindspring.com> wrote:
> From: "R. Ashford Little II" <ralittle2@mindspring.com>
> To: "6-Pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>,
> "Triumphs@autox. Net"
> <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: T/O Bearing Question
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:02:53 -0400
>
> I am reading and rereading Nelson's excellent articles on TR6 clutch
> issues and a question came to mind: when a T/O bearing fails like
> many
> have experienced, what exactly fails?
>
> TIA
>
> R. Ashford Little II
> www.geocities.com/ralittle2
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