06-26-2006, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: PVE,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2027, 65' 289" PS wheels
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new to who?
Brakes for,
The t/o bearing you say is new...but WHAT SERIES IT...?
The old series...(which someone may have sold you new from stock), has
BANJO FITTINGS...they are worthless as manufactured...
The CENTER RAM that pushes the clutch is fine...on the older units the OUTER HOUSING uses banjo fittings for the lines in/out and they leak.
My t/o bearing banjo's...leaked from the word go...the lines in/out use banjo fittings...the center shafts were undersized...so sloppy the o-ring's could not seal.
The third time I leaned on McCleod for a solution...they reluctantly gave me the VERY FIRST pre-production "third generation" bearing...think this was April or so 2004...still works.
This one is GOOD...the outer housing with the in/out hoses is a copy of a GM Corvette bearing...no banjo fittins.
GM abandoned this patent and they jumped on it...good thing they did!
CALL McCleod and tell them what you have...DO you know what a banjo fitting looks like?
You may have a brand new but OLD series unit...if that is the case, send it back they will put the new outer housing on it and it DOES WORK.
My "pre-production" t/o bearing now has about 8000 miles on it and works great.
IF your unit IS a NEW series unit...you may have allowed it to "over extend" because your pedal stop is too far out...
If it has over extended now the "ram"...the telescoping center section has traveled so far as to go past the o-ringd and is leaking.
I used a 1/2 bolt through the front of the foot box...very adjustable...get just enough travel for clutch release and a TINY amount more.
The new series unit will work...call McCleod, figure out what you actually are working with for parts and be persistent...they will help you resolve it.
Pete
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