Thread: Hydraulic throwout bearing problem :(

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Hope this is a good place to post this (kind of a universal question) I have a hydraulic throwout bearing in my 27 Tudor and I got the thing bled. The problem is that the throwout bearing moves maybe a quarter of an inch and does not disengage the clutch. My Dad and I put the shims in per the intructions with pretty close tolerances... It is supposed to move roughly double the 1/4" it's moving.

The setup I'm using is a remote mounted wilwood 1" master cylinder. I built the car to have swing pedals so the master cylinders are in the cowl section up high and not under the floor (don't need residual valves for the brakes) The hydraulic throwout bearing is the $99 one from speedway motors. The master cylinder has a one inch stroke and does travel the whole 1" while depressing the pedal... It is an sbc engine with a saginaw 4 speed behind it with a stock clutch. I can get some pics posted if they may help in answering why the throwout bearing doesn't move more...

Thanks for the help,

Thomas