Michael,
This all depends on how you drive. Simple explanation...when stopped at a
light or in traffic, do you take the car out of gear and your foot off the
clutch? Or... do you keep the car in gear with the clutch depresses the
entire time? Using the latter technique, your throwout bearing will NOT
last long at all.
I have *always* used the first technique and have never had a throw out
bearing fail prematurely.
Cheers,
Curt
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Michael Rowe <mdrowe@optonline.net> wrote:
> How far should a new throw-out bearing last in around-town driving, not
> abused?
>
> Mine was really short when new, and is now nearly gone at 6000 miles. I
> was hoping that rebleeding the line would help, but it did not.
>
> I also wondered if a 2.5" instead of 3" rod might have been put in by the
> DPO. Would a rod that short even work on a rib-case?
>
> Michael Rowe
> '74 Bugeyed Midget
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