Hydraulic Throwout Bearing Issues (maybe) - help!

[XcYZ]

Shafi, I don't see what pushing your kit has to do with the downshifting issue that James is seeing.

James, out of curiousity, did you check the bellhousing centerline alignment?

[James OLC]

I didn't see the relevance there myself...

The McLeod bellhousing makes it really difficult to check or double check any of the conventional alignment or runout specs - the big irregular hole might make it easier for some things but a consistent reference it is not. There is no indication on the pilot bearing or the input shaft of it being out of alignment but it is something that I am trying to rule out.

[KEISLER]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

Shafi, I don't see what pushing your kit has to do with the downshifting issue that James is seeing.

James, out of curiousity, did you check the bellhousing centerline alignment?

XcTZ,

The downshifting issue is very likely related to the clutch release issue. The clutch is not releasing cleanly. Once James get's the hydraulic bearing issue corrected, then he will next need to determine if the twin disk floater is moving cleanly and releasing the clutch.

Here's the "pushing sales" pitch, so brace yourself. Our hydraulic kits are a far more advanced and better design and we don't have these sorts of problems. Years ago before we discontinued the product in 2003, we sold many hundreds of the McLeod hydraulic product and the Street Twin clutch. We worked through these problems first hand, issued recall notices, issue repair/upgrade parts, issued replacement notices for the entire bearing.

In all fairness, my original post from yesterday fell short of conveying the proper level of information.