I have used these successfully for a couple of years now, but my first
experience with it was disasterous. It caused me to totally lose my
clutch while sitting on the dummy grid at the annual six hour relay race.
(Long time members of the british cars list may remember my report)
I had to replace the pressure plate, clutch plate and roller bearing as a
result of the failure.
It turns out that the plastic casing (which is significantly larger around
the back)
can interfere with the throwout fork. This means that the throwout bearing
is
never fully dissengaged and spins at engine rpm. Also because of the
geometry, the pressure isn't uniform, but is only on the lower part of the
bearing.
This will overheat the bearing causing it to fail with melted plastic and
free ball
bearings. It will also ruin the engagement face of the pressure plate.
Fortunately, the cure is quite simple. You merely have to grind away the
lower rear
plastic until the bearing rotates freely in the fork. here is a very crude
ascii form
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Does that make sense? Anyhow rotate the bearing in the throwout fork
until you are sure you've ground enough off.
Once you have done this, you'll have no problems with them at all.
Mike
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Mike Gigante mikeg@vicnet.net.au
Watsons Creek Vineyard http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob <Bob@itgonline.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997 8:37 AM
Subject: No Subject
>I had purchased the new roller throw out bearing from MiniMania for my
standard
>LBC 4 speed.
>I will not be installing the four speed in my Bugeye because I have decided
to
>install
>the Rivergate 5 speed conversion. I was wondering if any of the
>list readers has experience with the roller bearing throw out. Several
days
>ago
>there was a discussion about RPM drop when the standard clutch bushing is
>engaged. I have always
>experienced this drop also and was wondering if the roller eliminated the
drop.
>
>Also I have not yet completed my restoration and was wondering if the
roller
>bearing in the Rivergate conversion eliminates the RPM drop.
>
>Bob Magnotti
>59 RHD Sprite
>Fairfax, VA
>
>(This is the 4th time I sent this message, is the list adress case
sensitive?)
>
>
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