Hi All~

I have a question. How many of you lurbicate your throwout bearings, and more importantly, HOW do you do it? i've read about it, but the article never provided details (it was a shop in Texas - Alamo Autosports) that claimed a "special method." i'm only asking becuase after my clutch install, i hear a screeching noise that goes away when i apply some pressure to the clutch pedal and i was wondering ...

i read the article sometime around 1998, but i was wondering now if anyone else did this. i was afraid to put some lube in it before install because i feared it getting on the clutch/flywheel interface, but again, i'm curious ...

thanks,
1

 

i'll take it that no one has heard of this?

 

is this like packing the bearing with grease???

i have this constant chirping noise from a noisy throwout bearing... I didnt pack the bearing with grease, I didnt know you had to.

when i push the clutch in, the noise goes away.

as far as packing the bearing with grease while the transmission is bolted up to the engine... bwah i dont know dude, sounds like a pain in the *** if i can even be done.

 

no ... not packing the bearing with the tranny bolted up. seems it might be easier toilet-training a pigeon.

no, i'm just curious to know if it is really done, then how to do it. as i said, i've only read about that one instance, it was with a buildup of an MR2 for Sports Compact Car a few years ago. however, knowing that i had just installed a new bearing with my clutch, hearing the noise brought the article back to my memory and i started wondering.

 

When I have the transmission out I apply anti-gaul grease to the transmission shaft where the bearing slides, on the clutch fork & on the bearing surfaces where the clutch fork slides. Put the transmission in & forget about it. If you try to grease the bearing your looking for the grease to be heated & flung out where the grease can get to the clutch disc surface.

Have Fun ; )
David

 

The throw out bearing has a groove for grease on the face where it slides on the transmission shaft. Put enough grease to fill the groove. I also put grease on the tramsmission shaft. Slide the bearing back and then forward to the end of the transmission shaft and remove the excess grease.

 

pardon the ignorance, but what is anti-gaul grease?

thanks for the response. trust me, i'm not going to lose sleep over this, i was just thinking after i heard the squealing noise coming from i assume to be the throwout bearing.

i did not know that, but this is what i was hoping to glean from this question. so you're saying grease the groove on the T/O bearing and grease the splines of the shaft and then i'm good to go?

thanks.

i guess Alamo Autosports' secret is now not-so-secret after all, eh?

thanks,
1

 

***pardon the ignorance, but what is anti-gaul grease?***

If the truth be known my spelling of "gaul" is not correct. It is spelled "gall". Anyway the stuff I use is called Anti-Seize, it's made by Dynatex & the tube is about 1/2 the size of a tube of tooth past. Ya can buy the stuff or similar in any auto store. I also use the stuff on the threads of the spark plugs & I always torque the plugs. Steel plug in an alum housing is looking for trouble. I don't remember the torque value but it ain't very much & one could very easly strip the alum threads out of the housing while using a 3/8 inch socket handle.

Have Fun
David

 

X dealer tech here, the noise that goes away when slight perssuer is put on the clutch peddle, had some 626 and others do this, just got me a old slave and took the spring and duebled them up in the new one this would put a little more perssuer on the thruogh out so the race would not slip but turn, know what you are thinking, keep in mind there is no return spring to fully pull the bearing back so it's just going to cost on the forks and make noise