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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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