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Re: Weird sound - throwout bearing? 140-160 1972

posted by  someone claiming to be George Downs on  Fri Dec 7 12:42 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Any sound you get with the tranny in neutral and your foot OFF

the clutch is in the tranny. Throwout brg only works when you push

the clutch enough to move it into contact with the pressure plate.

Idler bearing can only work with clutch disengaged enough to turn

one part without the other part turning, i.e. less time than the

throwout, especially if you ride the clutch.

I had a guy in east Carolina put a throwout bearing in the clutch

of my 164 backwards, with the tubular part pushing the fingers of

the diaphragm clutch. It eventually wore a ring in the fingers

which made the engagement sudden and serious, sort of like a

suicide clutch on a motorcycle (very old ones). My wife and I could

drive it OK but nobody else could. Eventually the tube on the

throwout bearing wore the fingers to where it would push through

them and lock the clutch disengaged. A little wiggling would bring

it back when it was ready. WEIRD to drive! The Panamanian mechanics

had a good laugh over that.





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