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Originally Posted by camcojb
does the stock GM throwout bearing have enough travel to disengage the dual disc clutch? I didn't think it did, but not positive. I thought the McLeod dual discs had their own bearing to use, mine did.
Jody
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Jody,
I spoke to McLeod earlier today... it hurts even thinking about the conversation...
It's the same thing every time I call them... "a clutch either works or it does not work, if you can upshift you can downshift... you have a transmission problem." After convincing them that I was looking the the throwout bearing as a possible issue and specifically bringing up your point, they said that "the stock GM TOB with a stock GM 3/4 master just barely releases properly and they have two solutions to ensure full release - their 13/16 master or their TOB." But again, if it upshifts it downshifts so that can't be it anyways. Man, are they defensive (to be polite).
I did also ask them about the apparent preload on the clutch fingers. Their response was that it is "perfectly normal and acceptable and all clutches have that preload. As long as the bearing does not bottom out it's not a problem." Now, that seems contrary to what most other clutch manufactures say (and when I mentioned that and the word shim he didn't seem to know that there were other clutch manufacturers) so I don't know.
Definately losing my mind here...