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Thread: throwout bearing staple

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    xrayxray Guest

    throwout bearing staple

    fitting a new R380 tomorrow and there is a plastic staple to hold the throwout bearing to the clutch fork,this is weak as ****and can't see it lasting very long as it is a loose fit.
    Previous owner of the vehicle had replaced it with a bent bit of fencing wire.
    Tempted to leave it out,So what do you guys reckon?
    throw it away or use it.

    Cheers mickey

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    I didn't fit them (there should be two) as I forgot to order the suckers when replacing the clutch

    Result is an occasionally noisy thrust race as it spins/bounces off the pressure plate fingers in neutral.

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    Use it as rick says it keeps the thrust bearing off the pressure plate....after a while (quite some time) it can wear into the fingers of the pressure plate, sort of like keeping your foot on the clutch pedal.

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    lokka Guest
    When i did the last fix on the bellhousing i replaced the non exsistant plastic ones with home made ones bent up from stainless wire havent had a noisy thrust race since

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    the manual lists them as an aid to installation and not installing them does not adversly effect the operation of the clutch...

    the plastic bit on the pushrod tho.
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