Cary---Whether it "hurts" anything by the reluctance of this bearing to
be fully unloaded depends a lot on the quality of the bearing. Many of
us went thru the whistling and chirping bearing syndrome untill some
better bearings became available. (Gunst and Koyo) If you happen to
have another brand, it might pay to loosen things up at the cross shaft
before buttoning it up.
Dick
From: caryhenry@hotmail.com(Cary Henry)
I just installed a new throwout bearing and sleeve along with a new
clutch component kit from TRF. The throwout sleeve does not hang up at
all, but when I reassembled the component kit with new bushings and
cross shaft, and attached the bearing to the clutch fork, it takes quite
a bit of force to slide the bearing. I know the new bushings and cross
shaft are a nice, snug fit and will break in and rotate easier, but how
much force is too much. Right now I can grab the cross shaft by the
slave cylinder pushrod and move the bearing, but it takes quite a bit of
force. I would say it takes about 8lbft of torque to get the bearing to
slide. Is this normal???
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