Throw Out Bearing Question
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Burning Brakes
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Throw Out Bearing Question
Can you tell me is a throw out bearing a necessity while doing a new clutch? What exactly does it do? Is it truly beneficial? Just need some direction. Thank you in advance!
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Burning Brakes
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From: LI NY
The release bearing and slave cylinder are usually sold as one unit. It would be crazy to go though all the work to replace the clutch (~ $1000 labor) and not spend the extra ~$140 for a new slave while you're in there. Even if the old slave is still working ok, they are known to fail so replacing it just makes sense.
Also, spend the extra $50 and buy a remote bleeder for your new slave cylinder. This is a must have.
Also, spend the extra $50 and buy a remote bleeder for your new slave cylinder. This is a must have.
Racer
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From: Castle Rock, CO.
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Old School is old school. I agree. I just did a clutch, headers, exhaust, diff rebuild, rear main seal, pilot bearing, and some other things during the last few months.
Its a lot of work to get to the clutch. Not replacing the slave cylinder assembly during this would be a big oversight in my opinion. I went with a complete GM assembly instead of trying to mess with just the bearing.
Just be sure the one you go with will work well with your clutch set-up. Also measure to make sure you shim it correctly if needed.
Its a lot of work to get to the clutch. Not replacing the slave cylinder assembly during this would be a big oversight in my opinion. I went with a complete GM assembly instead of trying to mess with just the bearing.
Just be sure the one you go with will work well with your clutch set-up. Also measure to make sure you shim it correctly if needed.
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If you never did a clutch change then you don't know what you're missing.
You will understand why you change all the parts good and bad while you are down there. On the other hand, if you are having someone else do the work and they recommend to change and you don't you're going to bit the bullet again on labor because it won't be there fault if that part fails. For the most of us it's a good long hard weekend but there are guys that can whip it out in 5hrs ,but i thing those guys like the Magic Mushshrooms 
You will understand why you change all the parts good and bad while you are down there. On the other hand, if you are having someone else do the work and they recommend to change and you don't you're going to bit the bullet again on labor because it won't be there fault if that part fails. For the most of us it's a good long hard weekend but there are guys that can whip it out in 5hrs ,but i thing those guys like the Magic Mushshrooms
