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Old 03-09-2007, 06:32 PM
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Default McLeod hyd throw out bearing. *UPDATE*

What a nightmare. I ordered their hydraulic clutch throw out bearing kit for my pontiac. (its a T-56 but uses all the original stock clutch asembly. stock bellhousing, clutch,flywheel, mechanical linkage etc..)

The kit was some 450 bucks and included the throwout bearing and a willwood master kit (that you can buy for 66.00) anyways, it was WAAAY off. for it to work i would have to put a 7/8th of an inch spacer inbetween the bellhousing and motor. So i called summit (THEY ROCK !) and they called McLeod with me on the line and they told me i need a different TO bearing, that i cant use the universal floating bearing and i need the muncie TO bearing the actually mounts to the fron of the tranny.....but this one is 678.00 for just the bearing. Summit overnighted it too me and trusted me to return the old one. I get the new 678.00 bearing and its still too big by 1/4 of an inch. For 678 bucks that thing should just about fall into place. The Mcleod instructions say that it may be necessary to shim the tranny back to make it work... pffft. if im going to have to re-engineer a hyd throwout bearing its going to be one off of a Camaro or Toyota for 100 bucks not a McLeod throwout bearing for 678.00.....im done with them.

Sorry, i had to vent.

PS.. Bernie (from McLeod)...im still waiting for you to call me back.

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