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rhipsher · 02-08-2009

Throwout bearing is broke again. And slave cylinder pin snapped in half. Deja vu all over again. Well, instead of a "plenum pulling party"! I guess I'll have a transmission pulling clutch replacment party. WooHoo!

. Ryan? Lee? Robert? Or is that crickets chirping in the background I hear?
P.S this time a fadanza flywheel is going in. And a better clutch.

XfireZ51 · 02-08-2009

Take a look at the LT-1 camaro clutch with a sprung hub for the Fidanza.
Can be found for $69.

LT5-Lee · 02-09-2009

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

Throwout bearing is broke again. And slave cylinder pin snapped in half. Deja vu all over again. Well, instead of a "plenum pulling party"! I guess I'll have a transmission pulling clutch replacment party. WooHoo!

. Ryan? Lee? Robert? Or is that crickets chirping in the background I hear?
P.S this time a fadanza flywheel is going in. And a better clutch.

There is only one response worthy of that invitation!

Oh S****T...

LT5-Lee · 02-09-2009

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

Throwout bearing is broke again. And slave cylinder pin snapped in half. Deja vu all over again. Well, instead of a "plenum pulling party"! I guess I'll have a transmission pulling clutch replacment party. WooHoo!

. Ryan? Lee? Robert? Or is that crickets chirping in the background I hear?
P.S this time a fadanza flywheel is going in. And a better clutch.

Rick, Jeff was probably right about the misalignment, but I wonder if maybe the throwout bearing is fine and the clutch fork is just of it's pivot ball?

I would definitely without a doubt be pissed if I had to pull the transmission again !!!!

I thought I had it bad enough when mine only needed a dab of grease on the throwout bearing. I know one thing for sure, I probably would have caught it after reading the "BIG RED BIBLE" manuals clutch section, but I owe the guys here at the registry for the warning about the plug in the crankshaft!

Now that would have been catastrophic!

I assume you replaced it also with the newer splined one with a little extra moly grease, right?

HIZNHRZ · 02-09-2009

Tell me your kidding. So yesterday, were you telling me this is what I have to look forward to when I start getting more than a few miles on the Z? If so, I'm heading for the roof...

Hang in there and remember,
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.

GOLDCYLON · 02-09-2009

My god man are your bracket racing that car everyday? I just cant understand how are you having all these issues?

USAFPILOT · 02-09-2009

When are you going to do it? I am off this week. Maybe I can bring mine over and you can see what my shifter is doing.

rhipsher · 02-09-2009

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Originally Posted by USAFPILOT

When are you going to do it? I am off this week. Maybe I can bring mine over and you can see what my shifter is doing.

Ryan it probably won't be this weekend. Because if I spend anymore money on the king of the hill, the queen of the hill will kill me. So in order to keep the piece I am going to go ahead and sell the 68 mustang and use the money for the Z. I've lost interest in that stang and its just taking up space in my garage. And yes I did have the slave pin in the right spot because it was nice and shinny in the middle like rail road tracks after a 100 car freight train going over them. It took a hell of alot of force to break that pin.

rhipsher · 02-09-2009

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Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

My god man are your bracket racing that car everyday? I just cant understand how you are having all these issues?

I ask myself the same question. I don't drive it all that much. Just on the weekends. I've put 10,000 miles on it in the last two years. This throwout bearing thing seems to happen when I'm just cruising. Have you seen the throwout bearing in our cars? Not much to it. I agree Jeff this stuff shouldn't break. The slave has TAIWAN stamped in big bold letters right on it. The only thing I can figure is that it was not retracting when I took my foot off the peddle and was just building more and more pressure till the throwout bearing couldn't take it anymore and snapped. Which just cost me another clutch kit. This time I'm gonna put a Fidanza flywheel in and a Spec stage 2 clutch in. But remember Jeff I don't have a big fancy lift. It's gonna be on jack stands. Not a lot of room there. And will take more than three hours. But it should go quicker this time since I've already done it once a year ago.

GOLDCYLON · 02-09-2009

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

I ask myself the same question. I don't drive it all that much. Just on the weekends. I've put 10,000 miles on it in the last two years. This throwout bearing thing seems to happen when I'm just cruising. Have you seen the throwout bearing in our cars? Not much to it. I agree Jeff this stuff shouldn't break. The slave has TAIWAN stamped in big bold letters right on it. The only thing I can figure is that it was not retracting when I took my foot off the peddle and was just building more and more pressure till the throwout bearing couldn't take it anymore and snapped. Which just cost me another clutch kit. This time I'm gonna put a Fidanza flywheel in and a Spec stage 2 clutch in. But remember Jeff I don't have a big fancy lift. It's gonna be on jack stands. Not a lot of room there. And will take more than three hours. But it should go quicker this time since I've already done it once a year ago.

Good luck to you bro, Maybe Jeffvette can recommend some quality replacement parts. I would not trust anymore dubious parts.

02-08-2009	#1
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	Got my answer. Throwout bearing is broke again. And slave cylinder pin snapped in half. Deja vu all over again. Well, instead of a "plenum pulling party"! I guess I'll have a transmission pulling clutch replacment party. WooHoo!. Ryan? Lee? Robert? Or is that crickets chirping in the background I hear? P.S this time a fadanza flywheel is going in. And a better clutch.

02-08-2009	#2
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,683	Re: Got my answer. Take a look at the LT-1 camaro clutch with a sprung hub for the Fidanza. Can be found for $69.

02-09-2009	#5
HIZNHRZ Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 732	Re: Got my answer. Tell me your kidding. So yesterday, were you telling me this is what I have to look forward to when I start getting more than a few miles on the Z? If so, I'm heading for the roof... Hang in there and remember, This too shall pass. This too shall pass. This too shall pass. This too shall pass. Last edited by HIZNHRZ; 02-09-2009 at 07:20 AM.

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02-09-2009	#7
USAFPILOT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Spring TX Posts: 1,341	Re: Got my answer. When are you going to do it? I am off this week. Maybe I can bring mine over and you can see what my shifter is doing.