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throwout bearing/slave cylnder?
Hi, I am running a 302 and t5 trans. Would the best thing to use be a hydraulic slave/ throwout bearing? it would allow only two hydraulic lines to be installed.
thanks for your help. Jim |
The HTOB died twice in less than 500 miles.
I switched to the traditional master/slave setup and never had another problem. |
Using McLeod bolt-on (1300 series) HTOB now.
3 years and 4000 miles running with no problem at all. Mounted to a McLeod clutch, big input Toploader (1-3/8") and BBF. https://www.mcleodracing.com/1300-series-bearing-/p104 Note: Old 1st generation units were problematic. The current redesigned model appears to be reliable. McLeod provides a few spacers to properly shim the HTOB. I took a measurement and had a single shim machined as opposed to a stack of smaller ones to get the proper spacing. 1400 series is the slip-on variant. McLeod has HTOB rebuild kits available. Replacement components at Summit Racing: https://www.summitracing.com/search/...ent-components How to rebuild video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39CNwrTv2o |
Repairing/replacing the HTOB is not a problem, its the removing/reinstalling of the tranny/engine to get to it !
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Put me in the camp with those who pulled the transmission multiple times to deal with a leaky EARLY HTOB. I switched to a mechanical TOB and clutch fork moved by an externally mounted hydraulic slave cylinder. It worked with no further problems. 351 Windsor with Richmond transmission.
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Get the mike Forte kit and do it only once
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thanks for the help. looks like it's a mixed bag and will have to make the choice myself and pray a lot.
jim |
Not if you count the likes. I will say the internal ones seem to have a easier petal. Not hard to set up but easy to mess up the set up. Way more work to fix. Higher failure rate due to location. For those reasons alone I would recommend a external set up. I have installed both on different cars so trust me when I say I know what I am talking about.
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Newer production cars with manual transmissions use HTOBs with little problem. Many aftermarket HTOBs simply use an o'ring as the seal and durability is poor. I know that the Tilton HTOB uses an actual seal designed for the purpose and the durability should be significantly better.
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