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 geodon
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| posted on July 14th, 2007 at 12:39 PM |
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Check ur clutch thrust bearings carefully!
1600TP in a KG.
Last time I did the clutch I re-used the thrust bearing. Unlike the old carbon ones they last forever BUT u need to check the spigots for wear AND
the fricken holes on the ends for the clips. I didn't & paid the prce! A clip fell off & the bearing fell off the forks! Why? Wear on the spigot
shaft & an oval hole on the end. It had obviously been rattling. Ah well! Ur never too old to learn they say. Funnier still, I thought it was the
cable (at the pedal end) but I didn't spot the problem untill I took it out-only after I used bolt-cutters to chop it at the eng end to
"facilitate" the removal of a perfectly good cable!
Scheiss!!
Fortunately, the forks look OK.
[ Edited on 14-7-2007 by geodon ]
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BASHOdi
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| posted on July 14th, 2007 at 04:10 PM |
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AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGH SCHEISS HAPPENS 
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| posted on July 15th, 2007 at 08:23 AM |
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had a similar prob years ago in my oval... started the car up and it wouldn't go in gear.. stopped the engine and it went in fine. cable was ok...
had to drive it home without a clutch. pulled the engine out and the thrust bearing had shifted due to one of the clips coming off and had
repositioned behind one of the forks... the clip was sitting in the gearbox housing. I had to do some engine work etc anyways so i replaced the
clutch and thrust bearing while it was all out.
see.... air and water do mix 
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jo_tas
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| posted on July 15th, 2007 at 11:43 AM |
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Did a gearbox swap last weekend..
Replaced the clutch and it came with a new bearing.. don't they all come with a new bearing?
You'd be silly not to use it... :jesus
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 12:22 AM |
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best early throw out bearing clips are the sprung ones, not the original style.
they are much easier to fit if you dont have the knack of fitting the original ones down.
I just pulled an engine out of a guys car here the other week for resto, that he had been driving for years....
one clip in the bottom of the bell housing, and the other up in the starter motor housing.
Somehow it managed to stay put!!
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 06:56 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by jo_tas
Replaced the clutch and it came with a new bearing.. don't they all come with a new bearing?
You'd be silly not to use it... :jesus
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you can buy the clutch on its own, the thrust bearing on its own or buy as a kit with both..
see.... air and water do mix
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geodon
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 08:56 AM |
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X-guy: I felt the pedal go slack so I limped home & jacked it up. It felt like the cable was stretching so to test it, I adjusted it up tight then
pumped the pedal hard & SPROING! I thought it was the cable letting go at the pedal end but it was due to bearing falling off 1 fork! Ah well! I got
alot of stuff done: new swing axle boots, accel cable, fixed the heaters new inlet manifold boots etc. All the stuff that builds up till the next time
the eng comes out
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 11:30 PM |
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If you keep the correct pedal adjustment it can't fall off.
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