Hyd throwout bearing or std bearing

[GregN]

I spoke to George Gessford (Gessford Automotive) he is recommending the standard throwout bearing not the Hyd unit.

What do the members of club cobra think?

Thank You

[NMattison]

Hi greg im using a standard throw out bearing with hyd slave cylinder. also it is much easier for repair internal t/o bearing you have to remove tranny for repair.i mounted a bracket on two of the tranny mounting boltsand fastened slave cyl to it and it works fine. just my .02 good luck Neil

[Tim Brewer]

Greg, I have a hyd. throwout bearing only because I have no room for a fork with my Lakewood bellhousing. If you can, do what Neil has done with an external slave unit, he's right.
Tim

[Roscoe]

I've got over 20K on my Tilton Hydraulic Bearing and it is the same as the first day I pushed in the clutch.

It's all in the correct installation.

Roscoe

[SuperHart]

I use a standard TO bearing but use a late Mustang clutch cable with a homemade clutch quadrant. The OEM quadrant just didn;t pull enough cable per inch of pedal travel so I made my own adding 1/8" to the radius. It works very smoothly and with a diaphragm pressure plate is not uncomfortable to use. I agree with Roscoe that it is all in careful and proper installation but I am a firm believer in keeping things simple. That's why I opted for the cable setup. I use a Lakewood blowshield and just had to relocate the pivot ball to the passenger side of the housing which was no biggie.

Rupert Hartmann