Help with throwout bearing problem!

[bmxer89]

Well my ford racing throwout bearing started making alot of noise, so I put a new one in alone wit the LDC freeplay mod last night. I have a problem if I have it adjusted so it just barley not touching the clutch, but then it engages like a cm off the floor. Then if I adjust it how I it like were it engages right in the middle the tob is just riding the clutch, not to mention the peddle rattles. Any help this little problem is driving me nuts.

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[sleepercobra]

Well my ford racing throwout bearing started making alot of noise, so I put a new one in alone wit the LDC freeplay mod last night. I have a problem if I have it adjusted so it just barley not touching the clutch, but then it engages like a cm off the floor. Then if I adjust it how I it like were it engages right in the middle the tob is just riding the clutch, not to mention the peddle rattles. Any help this little problem is driving me nuts.

when you replaced the tob did you install the fork correctly?

 

[bmxer89]

when you replaced the tob did you install the fork correctly?

Yep put the bearing on the spring things and clicked it into place over the pivot ball

 

[sleepercobra]

how many miles on the car? thought about replacing the clutch cable? also when you say its adjusted does that mean you have a firewall adjuster and aftermarket quadrant?

 

[bmxer89]

how many miles on the car? thought about replacing the clutch cable? also when you say its adjusted does that mean you have a firewall adjuster and aftermarket quadrant?

36k miles, I was also thinking maybe the cable has seen its betters days, and ya I got firewall adjuster and quad

 

[Dana]

which quadrant did you get?

 

[bmxer89]

which quadrant did you get?

steeda quick relase been using it for almost 20k miles now

 

[Dana]

I hate to beak the news to you , but if you leave it adjusted in the position that you like it in, rather than the position that it should be in, you'll be installing another TOB fairly soon.

These bearings cannot maintain constant contact with the PP fingers and survive. They will fail. You have to adjust it so that when the pedal is at rest, that is at the top of the stroke, there is no contact with the PP fingers. As the clutch breaks in some more, the engagement point will rise a little, but not a lot.
This is just one of the several weak points in the Mustang clutch system.

 

[bmxer89]

I hate to beak the news to you , but if you leave it adjusted in the position that you like it in, rather than the position that it should be in, you'll be installing another TOB fairly soon.

These bearings cannot maintain constant contact with the PP fingers and survive. They will fail. You have to adjust it so that when the pedal is at rest, that is at the top of the stroke, there is no contact with the PP fingers. As the clutch breaks in some more, the engagement point will rise a little, but not a lot.
This is just one of the several weak points in the Mustang clutch system.

Ya I really don't wnan pull trans out again. If i put to were the tob not touching the pp its super hard to get it to go into gear, and clutch starts grabbing like a mm off the floor, I do have an adjustable pivot ball laying around can this be of help.

 

[raresvt]

check your fork again

 

[Dana]

one of your other posts said that you shimmed the pivot ball out with two 2.5 mm washers. is it still setup this way?

 

[bmxer89]

one of your other posts said that you shimmed the pivot ball out with two 2.5 mm washers. is it still setup this way?

Ya its still set up like that because when I put the spec in there was to much play not even the firewall adjuster could fix it

 

[sleepercobra]

Ya its still set up like that because when I put the spec in there was to much play not even the firewall adjuster could fix it

there is your problem bro. you should have purchased a new insert from mcleod. $125.

 

[bmxer89]

there is your problem bro. you should have purchased a new insert from mcleod. $125.

Naw I put in a brand new sleeve in when I did the 26 spline input shaft, I cut no corners on this, thats why im wondering why I am even having this problem

 

[sleepercobra]

Naw I put in a brand new sleeve in when I did the 26 spline input shaft, I cut no corners on this, thats why im wondering why I am even having this problem

then in that case it has to be your cable or your tob is on wrong. take the housing off tommorow, shine a light in there and take a picture and we will tell you if its on correctly.

 

[bmxer89]

then in that case it has to be your cable or your tob is on wrong. take the housing off tommorow, shine a light in there and take a picture and we will tell you if its on correctly.

will do thanks for the help

 

[bmxer89]

Re opening my thread, still have the same problem. The new tob is starting to making noise now which is my fault but I got to lazy to touch the trans again this year, as i wont be driving it much until spring. Any more suggestion? Everything is installed correctly. The tob is touching the pp but I can't adjust it any farther from the pp or else I can't shift. I am really stumped, maybe its th400 time.