Thread: T/O Bearing problem.

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diaphram p/plate.... wouldn't you think if it was too short I would have had the problem the moment i put the car back on the ground??? it took about a month for it to start acting up again.

haha, yea i guess good point. The nose cone on the super t-10 must have been a tad longer than the one on this muncie... i never had problems with that setup. well i'll probably be tearing it apart anyhow so ill give the long bearing a shot, i should have enough play in the fork to fit it in there.

[quote=HellCaminoKid]haha, yea i guess good point. The nose cone on the super t-10 must have been a tad longer than the one on this muncie...

if thats true thats still not the reason you use short or long t/o bearing. the dif. is in the p/plate.

its a frustrating issue.... I've had it out and in 3 times in about a 2 month span. Instead of just getting the st-10 rebuilt I opted to change everything and put in the muncie that i knew was good.... saved me money at the time, but now its nothing but headaches... haha

There is one thing that you said that bothers me some. You put grease in the I'D of the T/O Bearing. When the clutch is depressed the brg goes forward over the spline. If there is grease there it will wind up in your clutch maybe one reason its going out so fast. Change to the long brg. and NO GREASE. Should work fine.

OK, so heres the news. Tonight I went out and bough a Federal Mougal release bearing for pretty much any 60's - 90's non hydrolic GM clutch. This bearing was one of the self aligning ones which the one that was on the car was not. First tested it out on the quill of the transmission... didn't have as much freeplay as the other bearing on the shaft, good news so far. This new bearing was also different in the inner diameter. The groove where the antiseaze/grease was at the opposite side of the bearing.... hmmm... ok so what. Checked out the bellhouseing, fork, P/plate and anything else i could think of and put it all back together. Well besides the clutch needing a very small adjustment everything feels as smooth as butter. I guess we will see in about a month if the problem is fixed or just sort of pacified for now. Thanks again for everyongs input, gotta love this forum!!!

not being there to see what you have , its hard to tell. if its the rights set up and its going bad in 30 days, then you have some bad parts or something is out of adj. other wise ??????????