Hydraulic Throw out bearing

[Roscoe]

Mine has been in 7 years and over 25k miles.

Roscoe

[David Kirkham]

Roscoe,

I have one that has been in my car for 9 years with no problems (I have more than one car). My brother has had his in that long as well. The problem is they changed something a few years back (I think it was the rubber formulation so they must have changed suppliers) and the new o-rings swell in brake fluid and blow out in about a year. I have taken many of them out lately where the seals are literally falling apart.

Never again!

David

[wizard man]

they should be called throwaway bearings THEY SUCK GET IT

[David Kirkham]

First they told us the problem was the DOT 4 brake fluid we were using. We changed to DOT 3 and there was no difference--when we pulled the o-rings out (after they failed, of course) they were more bloated than the US budget.

JUST SAY NO! It is way too much work to pull that thing out.

David

[Dingocooke]

I laughed out (mc)loud when I read this thread, yep Ive had McLeods finest(sic), resealed it, switched from DOT4 to DOT 3, resealed again, emailed McLeod numerous times, no answer, wrote a proper paper letter with a nice sticky stamp, even used american english (just in case) its clear by McLeods (total and utter lack of) response that they know the 'product' is not suited to purpose; that is unless your purpose is on a race or strip car that will have the engine gearbox pulled frequently and a reseal then is no real chore.
I gave up and put my Mcjunk in the bin marked 'dont ever use again', I was going to throw it in the river but felt sorry for the fish!!

Whatever you plan to do, build an external slave system; I was hindered by the spaceframe chassis on the car I had then (a RAM cobra replica), but got around it by using an external Wilwood pull cylinder slave; presto a leak free result (this was on an ED kitted 302 SBF with Tremec TR3550TKO and steel scattershield).

My opinion? The McLeod hydraulic bearing is expensive junk, I cant speak for other manufacturers throw out bearings, but the very fact that theyre installed inside the bell housing makes a reseal a gearbox out job, whereas an external slave cylinder reseal is a casual saturday morning walk in the park:-)

My experience from this side of the pond!!

[Naumoff]

Originally Posted by Dingocooke

I laughed out (mc)loud when I read this thread, yep Ive had McLeods finest(sic), resealed it, switched from DOT4 to DOT 3, resealed again, emailed McLeod numerous times, no answer, wrote a proper paper letter with a nice sticky stamp, even used american english (just in case) its clear by McLeods (total and utter lack of) response that they know the 'product' is not suited to purpose; that is unless your purpose is on a race or strip car that will have the engine gearbox pulled frequently and a reseal then is no real chore.
I gave up and put my Mcjunk in the bin marked 'dont ever use again', I was going to throw it in the river but felt sorry for the fish!!

Whatever you plan to do, build an external slave system; I was hindered by the spaceframe chassis on the car I had then (a RAM cobra replica), but got around it by using an external Wilwood pull cylinder slave; presto a leak free result (this was on an ED kitted 302 SBF with Tremec TR3550TKO and steel scattershield).

My opinion? The McLeod hydraulic bearing is expensive junk, I cant speak for other manufacturers throw out bearings, but the very fact that theyre installed inside the bell housing makes a reseal a gearbox out job, whereas an external slave cylinder reseal is a casual saturday morning walk in the park:-)

My experience from this side of the pond!!

You must drink Budweiser and put ice in your tea. I didn't think the Brits were big whiners.

David,
That Jamo is behind everything.

[Dingocooke]

Hi Tony
Nope 100% not a whiner!
I take my tea hot with a dash of milk, and Budweiser is called shandy over here (ie like beer thats been 50-50 mixed lemonade) the girls like it though. Im not sure its strong enough to get me drunk enough to whine!

No, the reason for my post was because I hate it when a company sells a product that just isnt up to the job in hand, then ignores all polite requests for tech help, if these posts saved one person wasting their hard earned cash on kit that is substandard, then I think thats a positive outcome; of course I could just sit back, keep quiet and suck the mop; is that what you'd do ;-)

[Naumoff]

Originally Posted by Dingocooke

Hi Tony
Nope 100% not a whiner!
I take my tea hot with a dash of milk, and Budweiser is called shandy over here (ie like beer thats been 50-50 mixed lemonade) the girls like it though. Im not sure its strong enough to get me drunk enough to whine!

No, the reason for my post was because I hate it when a company sells a product that just isnt up to the job in hand, then ignores all polite requests for tech help, if these posts saved one person wasting their hard earned cash on kit that is substandard, then I think thats a positive outcome; of course I could just sit back, keep quiet and suck the mop; is that what you'd do ;-)

Just Checking. I must of got one of the above standard ones.
Or McLeod is holding a grudge for a long time toward the English.

[David Kirkham]

From the look of his avatar I think you are right!

David


oh, man, I can feel a pay-back coming.