Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Outatime wrote:
> Micah wrote:
>
>> if it was the throwout bearing, i'd kill someone, my last one went bad
>> after 18 months, that's why i had to replace the clutch in the first
>> place. My clutch, by the way, is hydraulic, not mechanical.
>
> I've replaced TO bearings with high-quality Timkens in the past and had
> them croak again within 6 months. The bearings I bought were
> aftermarket units however, and I truly believe that most anything
> 'aftermarket' these days isn't worth installing, even if it has a
> lifetime-warranty; what's the point of a warranty if you have to tear it
> down again every year to replace those 'free replacement' junk parts?

OEM's have the advantage of assembling everything within their specs in
a clean controlled environment...

No matter how high the quality of an aftermarket part is, it's ALWAYS
being installed in a dusty, grimy shop by hands covered with multiple
solvents and petroleum products; which may or may not be compatible or
harmful (Hand degreaser, used oil, break cleaner etc.)... but even if
compatible they do a good job of trapping grit and grime and ------ing
it to new freshly machined bearings, and soft rubber seals etc.

If that doesn't kill em' being wacked in with a BF hammer and a
socket/Tubing used for a drift, or having bolts torqued down to the
torque specification of: "good n' tight usin' my breaker bar and ----
pipe cheater" will.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
always did. Thanks everyone.

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
always did. Thanks everyone.

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
always did. Thanks everyone.

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

LOL! Thanks for the follow-up!

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Micah wrote:
>
> Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
> throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
> my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
> always did. Thanks everyone.

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

LOL! Thanks for the follow-up!

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Micah wrote:
>
> Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
> throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
> my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
> always did. Thanks everyone.

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

LOL! Thanks for the follow-up!

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Micah wrote:
>
> Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
> throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
> my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
> always did. Thanks everyone.

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Micah wrote:
> Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
> throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
> my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
> always did. Thanks everyone.
>

I hate to say I told you so but I told you so :)

Just goes to show, always look at the simple easy things first, I hate
to think what you'd have felt like if you had dropped the trans, only to
start it back up and still have the noise :)

Anyway as Mike said, thanks for the follow up.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Micah wrote:
> Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
> throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
> my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
> always did. Thanks everyone.
>

I hate to say I told you so but I told you so :)

Just goes to show, always look at the simple easy things first, I hate
to think what you'd have felt like if you had dropped the trans, only to
start it back up and still have the noise :)

Anyway as Mike said, thanks for the follow up.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Re: Loud grinding on start-up
 

Micah wrote:
> Regardless. It was not the transmission, clutch, pilot bearing,
> throwout bearing, or any aftermarket part for that matter. I replaced
> my fan clutch a couple days ago and the motor now purrs to life as it
> always did. Thanks everyone.
>

I hate to say I told you so but I told you so :)

Just goes to show, always look at the simple easy things first, I hate
to think what you'd have felt like if you had dropped the trans, only to
start it back up and still have the noise :)

Anyway as Mike said, thanks for the follow up.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein